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description: «jake says his dad's not cross, just quiet». What does the quiet probably mean? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 376 «What fights cost at home» 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 · ★ · What fights cost at home

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«jake says his dad's not cross, just quiet». What does the quiet probably mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** jake, dad, quiet · **What happens:** say, not be, mean · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 376 «What fights cost at home» 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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «jake says his dad's not cross, just quiet».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:t11:1
# text = «jake says his dad's not cross, just quiet».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	jake	jake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | jake |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | jake's dad |  |  |  |  | cross *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does the quiet probably mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:t11:2
# text = What does the quiet probably mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	quiet	quiet	NOUN	NN	_	6	nsubj	_	_
5	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | the quiet |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Dad didn't hear anything about the fight yet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:t11:o1:1
# text = Dad didn't hear anything about the fight yet
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | past · do-support | Dad | anything |  |  | yet | about the fight | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Dad is happy about the fight and proud of his son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:t11:o2:1
# text = Dad is happy about the fight and proud of his son
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dad |  |  |  |  | about the fight; happy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of his son | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dad is just tired after playing football all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:t11:o3:1
# text = Dad is just tired after playing football all day
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dad |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | Dad *not said here* | football |  |  | day |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |

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

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Dad is upset and worried but holding it in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:t11:o4:1
# text = Dad is upset and worried but holding it in
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dad |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hold in** | gerund | Dad *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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