--- title: ★★★ How many new lines are needed in a conversation where Sam speaks… — Direct speech: inverted commas and new… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ How many new lines are needed in a conversation where Sam speaks, then Mia, then Sam, then Sam again with no one in between? Test 2 of lesson 35 «Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Direct speech: inverted commas and new…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/) / t2 # Test 2 · Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers ★★★ How many new lines are needed in a conversation where Sam speaks, then Mia, then Sam, then Sam again with no one in between? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sam · **What happens:** need, speak · **To what, where:** many new lines, conversation · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 of lesson 35 «Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers» 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/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t2:1 # text = ★★★ How many new lines are needed in a conversation where Sam speaks, then Mia, then Sam, then Sam again with no one in between? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 4 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 14 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 21 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 24 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 25 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 28 acl:relcl _ _ 30 between between ADP IN _ 29 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ? ? PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present · passive | | many new lines | | a conversation | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Sam | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t2:o1:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Four ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t2:o2:1 # text = Four 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} One ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t2:o3:1 # text = One 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Three ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t2:o4:1 # text = Three 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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