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title: grandad asked me the same thing 3 times today. annoying. what do i say — Respect for first peoples, older peopl… · tree and pragmatics
description: grandad asked me the same thing 3 times today. annoying. what do i say Test 12 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Respect for first peoples, older people and people with di…

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grandad asked me the same thing 3 times today. annoying. what do i say

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grandad, i · **What happens:** ask, say · **To what, where:** same thing, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» 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/227-older-people-and-disabilities/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t12:1
# text = grandad asked me the same thing 3 times today. annoying. what do i say
1	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
11	annoying	annoying	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	obj	_	_
14	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | grandad | the same thing | me |  | time; today |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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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Ignore him the third time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t12:o1:1
# text = Ignore him the third time
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | time |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Answer him kindly again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t12:o2:1
# text = Answer him kindly again
1	Answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  | again | kindly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tell him he already asked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t12:o3:1
# text = Tell him he already asked
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Laugh about it and walk away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t12:o4:1
# text = Laugh about it and walk away
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about it | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **walk away** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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