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title: my mate says a kid touched a painting in the museum and "his parents… — Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes… · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says a kid touched a painting in the museum and "his parents had to pay a million pounds". what's prob exaggerated Test 19 · ★ of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 19 · ★ · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…

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my mate says a kid touched a painting in the museum and "his parents had to pay a million pounds". what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, kid, parents · **What happens:** say, touch, have, pay, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** painting, museum, million pounds, prob · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» 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/297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t19:1
# text = my mate says a kid touched a painting in the museum and "his parents had to pay a million pounds". what's prob exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
24	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
27	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **touch** | past | a kid | a painting |  | the museum |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme painting=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | past | kid's parents |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **pay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | kid's parents *not said here* | million pounds |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Asset |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | prob *not said here* |  |  |  |  | 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 -->
That exhibits can be fragile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t19:o1:1
# text = That exhibits can be fragile
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	exhibits	exhibit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	fragile	fragile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | that exhibits |  |  |  |  | fragile *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That signs say don't touch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t19:o2:1
# text = That signs say don't touch
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | that signs |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **touch** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That museums have old paintings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t19:o3:1
# text = That museums have old paintings
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	museums	museum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | that museums | old paintings |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent painting=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The million; but don't touch exhibits, they're old and fragile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t19:o4:1
# text = The million; but don't touch exhibits, they're old and fragile
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	exhibits	exhibit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	fragile	fragile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | infinitive · do-support | the million | exhibits |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme exhibit=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | exhibits *= exhibit* |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | exhibits *= exhibit* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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