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title: Which talk ending is best? — Spoken language: presenting and show-a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which talk ending is best? Test 6 of lesson 48 «Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell» 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 6 · Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell

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Which talk ending is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** talk ending · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 of lesson 48 «Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell» 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/48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t6:1
# text = Which talk ending is best?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which talk ending |  |  |  |  | good *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"The end. And please don't ask me anything."

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* "The end.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t6:o1:1
# text = "The end.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* And please don't ask me anything."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t6:o1:2
# text = And please don't ask me anything."
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | anything | me |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"I forgot the rest of it, so that is the end now, bye then."

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t6:o2:1
# text = "I forgot the rest of it, so that is the end now, bye then."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
14	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	bye	bye	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** *in a quote* | past | I | the rest of rest |  |  | now; then |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the end |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Um, that's it, I think, yeah, I'm done now, bye."

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t6:o3:1
# text = "Um, that's it, I think, yeah, I'm done now, bye."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Um	um	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	ccomp	_	_
16	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
18	bye	bye	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	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 | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | I |  |  | now |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"So volcanoes build land and destroy it. Any questions?"

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* "So volcanoes build land and destroy it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t6:o4:1
# text = "So volcanoes build land and destroy it.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** *in a quote* | present | volcanoes | land |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset land=Product |
| 2 | **destroy** *in a quote* | infinitive | volcanoes *not said here* | land |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Any questions?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t6:o4:2
# text = Any questions?"
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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