--- title: ★★★ "A little used car" and "a little-used car." Which one is a car… — Brackets, dashes, colons, semicolons a… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ "A little used car" and "a little-used car." Which one is a car that is not driven much? 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Which one is a car that is not driven much? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** one · **What happens:** use, be, not drive · **To what, where:** car This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Brackets, dashes, colons, semicolons and hyphens» 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/36-brackets-dashes-colons-semicolons-and-hyphens/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ "A little used car" and "a little-used car." ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:36-brackets-dashes-colons-semicolons-and-hyphens:t2:1 # text = ★★★ "A little used car" and "a little-used car." 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **use** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «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. *Sentence 2:* Which one is a car that is not driven much? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:36-brackets-dashes-colons-semicolons-and-hyphens:t2:2 # text = Which one is a car that is not driven much? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 much much ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | which one | a car | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **drive** | present · passive | | a car | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Trajectory | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A little-used car ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:36-brackets-dashes-colons-semicolons-and-hyphens:t2:o1:1 # text = A little-used car 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} A little used car ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:36-brackets-dashes-colons-semicolons-and-hyphens:t2:o2:1 # text = A little used car 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Both mean exactly that ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:36-brackets-dashes-colons-semicolons-and-hyphens:t2:o3:1 # text = Both mean exactly that 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Both | that | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Neither means that ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:36-brackets-dashes-colons-semicolons-and-hyphens:t2:o4:1 # text = Neither means that 1 Neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Neither | that | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic | **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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