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title: Chloe says "yeah nah, no arguing." Does she agree with arguing? — Starting a band · tree and pragmatics
description: Chloe says "yeah nah, no arguing." Does she agree with arguing? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 4 «Starting a band» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Starting a band

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Chloe says "yeah nah, no arguing." Does she agree with arguing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Chloe · **What happens:** say, agree, argue · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 4 «Starting a band» of the arts course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/4-starting-a-band/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Chloe says "yeah nah, no arguing."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t5:1
# text = Chloe says "yeah nah, no arguing."
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
5	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	arguing	arguing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Chloe |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* Does she agree with arguing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t5:2
# text = Does she agree with arguing?
1	Does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present · do-support | Chloe |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, she wants a big argument about it all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t5:o1:1
# text = Yes, she wants a big argument about it all
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | she | a big argument |  |  |  | about argument | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot argument=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, in Australia "yeah nah" means no

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t5:o2:1
# text = No, in Australia "yeah nah" means no
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
7	nah	nah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | nah | no |  |  |  | in Australia | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot no=Theme in australia=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She is not sure yet, so she says both words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t5:o3:1
# text = She is not sure yet, so she says both words
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | She |  |  |  | yet | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | she | both words |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, in Australia "yeah nah" means yes please

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, in Australia "yeah nah" means yes please
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
7	nah	nah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	obj	_	_
11	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | nah |  |  |  |  | in Australia | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot yes=Theme in australia=Attribute |

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