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title: Uncle: «Bit podgy these days, eh?» You call him a rude name back. Wh… — Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry · tree and pragmatics
description: Uncle: «Bit podgy these days, eh?» You call him a rude name back. Which is true? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 355 «Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry» 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 6 · ★ · Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry

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Uncle: «Bit podgy these days, eh?» You call him a rude name back. Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** call, be · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 355 «Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry» 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/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Uncle: «Bit podgy these days, eh?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t6:1
# text = Uncle: «Bit podgy these days, eh?»
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	podgy	podgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	_
6	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* You call him a rude name back.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t6:2
# text = You call him a rude name back.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | You | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme name=Result |

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*Sentence 3:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t6:3
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nobody did wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t6:o1:1
# text = Nobody did wrong
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Nobody |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only you did wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t6:o2:1
# text = Only you did wrong
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | you |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only he did wrong, because he started it with «podgy»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t6:o3:1
# text = Only he did wrong, because he started it with «podgy»
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	podgy	podgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | he |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **start** | past | he | it |  |  |  | with podgy | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality with podgy=Subeventuality |

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

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Both did wrong; two sorrys can fix it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t6:o4:1
# text = Both did wrong; two sorrys can fix it
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	sorrys	sorry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | can | two sorrys | it |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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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