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title: «the servo's shut, we'll have to push the ute» (ute is Aussie for pi… — Vocabulary in context · tree and pragmatics
description: «the servo's shut, we'll have to push the ute» (ute is Aussie for pickup truck). Why push it? Test 7 of lesson 20 «Vocabulary in context» 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 was wrong.
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# Test 7 · Vocabulary in context

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«the servo's shut, we'll have to push the ute» (ute is Aussie for pickup truck). Why push it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, ute, you · **What happens:** have, push, be · **To what, where:** ute, Aussie

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This is test 7 of lesson 20 «Vocabulary in context» 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/20-vocabulary-in-context/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «the servo's shut, we'll have to push the ute» (ute is Aussie for pickup truck).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t7:1
# text = «the servo's shut, we'll have to push the ute» (ute is Aussie for pickup truck).
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	servo	servo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ute	ute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
15	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	ute	ute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	Aussie	Aussie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	pickup	pickup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	truck	truck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | future | we |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **push** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | the ute |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ute=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | ute | Aussie |  |  |  | for pickup truck | tree rules |

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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:* Why push it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t7:2
# text = Why push it?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | ute |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They want exercise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t7:o1:1
# text = They want exercise
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exercise	exercise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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

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

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They probably need petrol and the petrol station is closed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t7:o2:1
# text = They probably need petrol and the petrol station is closed
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | They | petrol |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot petrol=Theme |
| 2 | **close** | present · passive |  | the petrol station |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ute is too clean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t7:o3:1
# text = The ute is too clean
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ute	ute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the ute |  |  |  |  | clean *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A servo is a broken engine, so the ute won't start without it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t7:o4:1
# text = A servo is a broken engine, so the ute won't start without it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servo	servo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ute	ute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
14	without	without	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a servo | a broken engine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **start** | future | the ute |  |  |  |  | without servo | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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