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title: kids say Zoe slipped on a wet floor at the mall cos she "can't read… — Home myths, first aid and weather warn… · tree and pragmatics
description: kids say Zoe slipped on a wet floor at the mall cos she "can't read signs lol". pass it on? Test 19 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 19 · ★★ · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings

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kids say Zoe slipped on a wet floor at the mall cos she "can't read signs lol". pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids, Zoe · **What happens:** say, slip, co, not read, pass on · **To what, where:** wet floor, mall, signs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» of the everyday 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/everyday/120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t19:1
# text = kids say Zoe slipped on a wet floor at the mall cos she "can't read signs lol". pass it on?
1	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mall	mall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
12	cos	co	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
18	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
19	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	17	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
22	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	on	on	ADP	RP	_	22	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **slip** | past | Zoe |  |  | a wet floor |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **co** | present |  |  |  | the mall |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **read** *in a quote* | can | Zoe | signs |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Topic |
| 5 | **pass on** | infinitive |  | mall |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, but only to kids in her class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t19:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only to kids in her class
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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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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No, it is unkind; the lesson is to heed warning signs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t19:o2:1
# text = No, it is unkind; the lesson is to heed warning signs
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	heed	heed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the lesson |  |  |  |  | heed *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, as it might teach her a lesson

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, as it might teach her a lesson
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | might | it | a lesson | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient lesson=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, it is funny and everyone at school should get to hear it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, it is funny and everyone at school should get to hear it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | should | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **hear** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | school |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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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