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title: Grandad, squinting: «Who's been sitting on my specs?» What's the kin… — Accidents told too late · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad, squinting: «Who's been sitting on my specs?» What's the kind and honest answer? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 343 «Accidents told too late» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Accidents told too late

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Grandad, squinting: «Who's been sitting on my specs?» What's the kind and honest answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandad, kind answer · **What happens:** squint, sit, be · **To what, where:** specs

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 343 «Accidents told too late» 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/343-accidents-told-too-late/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad, squinting: «Who's been sitting on my specs?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t1:1
# text = Grandad, squinting: «Who's been sitting on my specs?»
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	squinting	squint	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux	_	_
9	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	specs	spec	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squint** | gerund | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sit** *in a quote* | present · progressive |  |  |  | my specs |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on spec=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the kind and honest answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t1:2
# text = What's the kind and honest answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the kind answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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«Me, by accident. Sorry, I'll read you the paper»

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*Sentence 1:* «Me, by accident.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t1:o1:1
# text = «Me, by accident.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Sorry, I'll read you the paper»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t1:o1:2
# text = Sorry, I'll read you the paper»
1	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | future | I | the paper | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient paper=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Maybe the dog»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t1:o2:1
# text = «Maybe the dog»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«You sat on them yourself, Grandad, I saw you do it»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t1:o3:1
# text = «You sat on them yourself, Grandad, I saw you do it»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** *in a quote* | past | You | yourself |  |  |  | on them *= they*; Grandad *obl* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on they=Location |
| 2 | **see** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present | you | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«They were like that»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t1:o4:1
# text = «They were like that»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	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** *in a quote* | past | They |  |  |  |  | like that | 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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