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title: «ma lad reads all the words but he couldn't tell ya what happened, l… — Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 ch… · tree and pragmatics
description: «ma lad reads all the words but he couldn't tell ya what happened, like». What should his mum do? Test 1 of lesson 2 «Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 1 · Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check

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«ma lad reads all the words but he couldn't tell ya what happened, like». What should his mum do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ma lad, lad, mum · **What happens:** read, not tell, happen, do · **To what, where:** words, ya · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 2 «Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check» of the English 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/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «ma lad reads all the words but he couldn't tell ya what happened, like».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t1:1
# text = «ma lad reads all the words but he couldn't tell ya what happened, like».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ma	ma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
15	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** *in a quote* | present | ma lad | all words |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | could | lad |  | ya |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **happen** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* What should his mum do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t1:2
# text = What should his mum do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | lad's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Make him read faster so the story sticks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t1:o1:1
# text = Make him read faster so the story sticks
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sticks	stick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stick** | present | the story |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Nothing, reading the words aloud means he understood them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t1:o2:1
# text = Nothing, reading the words aloud means he understood them
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	understood	understand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund | Nothing *not said here* | the words |  |  |  | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **understand** | past | he | words *= word* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Ask one easy question after each page and talk about the story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t1:o3:1
# text = Ask one easy question after each page and talk about the story
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | one easy question |  |  | after each page |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |
| 2 | **talk** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the story | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about story=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stop the stories for now and do only sound drills every single night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t1:o4:1
# text = Stop the stories for now and do only sound drills every single night
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	sound	sound	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	drills	drill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stories |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality story=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sound** | present · do-support | you *not said here* | drills |  |  | night |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drill=Theme |

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