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title: Sam: «why do we even fight them?» Kieran: «cos». What's true? — Our street against theirs · tree and pragmatics
description: Sam: «why do we even fight them?» Kieran: «cos». What's true? Test 11 of lesson 382 «Our street against theirs» 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 · Our street against theirs

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Sam: «why do we even fight them?» Kieran: «cos». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** fight, be · **To what, where:** them

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This is test 11 of lesson 382 «Our street against theirs» 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/382-our-street-against-theirs/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam: «why do we even fight them?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t11:1
# text = Sam: «why do we even fight them?»
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** *in a quote* | present · do-support | we | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent |

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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:* Kieran: «cos».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t11:2
# text = Kieran: «cos».
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t11:3
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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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Sam should go and fight them to find out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t11:o1:1
# text = Sam should go and fight them to find out
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | should | Sam |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fight** | infinitive | Sam *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **find out** | to-infinitive | Sam *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sam is being disloyal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t11:o2:1
# text = Sam is being disloyal
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	disloyal	disloyal	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** | present | Sam |  |  |  |  | disloyal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Cos» is a good enough reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t11:o3:1
# text = «Cos» is a good enough reason
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Cos	Cos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Cos | a good enough reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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«Cos» isn't a reason; it's worth asking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t11:o4:1
# text = «Cos» isn't a reason; it's worth asking
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Cos	Cos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
12	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Cos | a reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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