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title: Cousin in Ohio, Gen Alpha: "This sandwich is bussin', its fire." ("B… — Apostrophes: missing letters and belon… · tree and pragmatics
description: Cousin in Ohio, Gen Alpha: "This sandwich is bussin', its fire." ("Bussin'" and "fire" both mean really good.) What should "its" be? Test 10 of lesson 34 «Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 10 · Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging

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Cousin in Ohio, Gen Alpha: "This sandwich is bussin', its fire." ("Bussin'" and "fire" both mean really good.) What should "its" be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sandwich, both · **What happens:** be, fire, mean · **To what, where:** Bussin

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This is test 10 of lesson 34 «Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging» 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/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Cousin in Ohio, Gen Alpha: "This sandwich is bussin', its fire."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t10:1
# text = Cousin in Ohio, Gen Alpha: "This sandwich is bussin', its fire."
1	Cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Ohio	Ohio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	bussin	bussin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	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 | this sandwich |  |  |  |  | bussin *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fire** *in a quote* |  | sandwich |  |  |  |  |  | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=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:* ("Bussin'" and "fire" both mean really good.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t10:2
# text = ("Bussin'" and "fire" both mean really good.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Bussin	Bussin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
11	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	really	really	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | both | Bussin and fire *not said here* |  |  |  | good *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bussin=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What should "its" be?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t10:3
# text = What should "its" be?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
6	be	be	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | should |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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its'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t10:o1:1
# text = its'
1	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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it is'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t10:o2:1
# text = it is'
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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it's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t10:o3:1
# text = it's
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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its's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t10:o4:1
# text = its's
1	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
```

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

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