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title: grandad cried at my concert, was he sad? — Reading faces and voices · tree and pragmatics
description: grandad cried at my concert, was he sad? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 14 «Reading faces and voices» of the everyday 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 11 · ★ · Reading faces and voices

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grandad cried at my concert, was he sad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grandad · **What happens:** cry, be · **To what, where:** concert

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 14 «Reading faces and voices» 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/14-faces-and-voices/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t11:1
# text = grandad cried at my concert, was he sad?
1	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | grandad |  |  | my concert |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at concert=Location |
| 2 | **is** | past | grandad |  |  |  |  | sad *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, crying always means sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, crying always means sad
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | crying |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He must have been hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t11:o2:1
# text = He must have been hurt
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | must · perfect · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He didn't like the music and wanted to go home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t11:o3:1
# text = He didn't like the music and wanted to go home
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | He | the music |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot music=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Maybe not, people cry when proud or happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t11:o4:1
# text = Maybe not, people cry when proud or happy
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cry	cry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* | present | people |  |  |  |  | maybe *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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