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title: «that's the caff where we had chips». (caff is British slang for caf… — Relative clauses · tree and pragmatics
description: «that's the caff where we had chips». (caff is British slang for café.) What is «where we had chips»? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Relative clauses» 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 10 · ★★★ · Relative clauses

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«that's the caff where we had chips». (caff is British slang for café.) What is «where we had chips»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, we, caff · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** caff, chips, British slang

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Relative clauses» 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/30-relative-clauses/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «that's the caff where we had chips».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t10:1
# text = «that's the caff where we had chips».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	caff	caff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the caff |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past | we | chips |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chip=Patient |

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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:* (caff is British slang for café.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t10:2
# text = (caff is British slang for café.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	caff	caff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	café	café	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | caff | British slang |  |  |  | for café | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What is «where we had chips»?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t10:3
# text = What is «where we had chips»?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  |  |  | have *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A main clause

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t10:o1:1
# text = A main clause
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	clause	clause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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A relative clause about the caff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t10:o2:1
# text = A relative clause about the caff
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	relative	relative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	clause	clause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	caff	caff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fronted adverbial

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t10:o3:1
# text = A fronted adverbial
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fronted	front	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	adverbial	adverbial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **front** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A question

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t10:o4:1
# text = A question
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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