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title: Mum at Christmas: «you two, budge up and pass the gravy». Kieran won… — Our street against theirs · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum at Christmas: «you two, budge up and pass the gravy». Kieran won't look at his cousin. What's sensible? Test 7 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 
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# Test 7 · Our street against theirs

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Mum at Christmas: «you two, budge up and pass the gravy». Kieran won't look at his cousin. What's sensible?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, Kieran · **What happens:** budge up, pass, not look, be · **To what, where:** gravy

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum at Christmas: «you two, budge up and pass the gravy».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t7:1
# text = Mum at Christmas: «you two, budge up and pass the gravy».
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	budge	budge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	gravy	gravy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **budge up** *in a quote* | infinitive | Mum at Christmas |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** *in a quote* | infinitive | Mum at Christmas *not said here* | the gravy |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gravy=Trajectory |

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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 won't look at his cousin.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t7:2
# text = Kieran won't look at his cousin.
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **look** | future | Kieran |  |  |  |  | at Kieran's cousin | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at cousin=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What's sensible?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t7:3
# text = What's sensible?
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	sensible	sensible	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 |  |  |  |  |  | sensible *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sit on the stairs instead of at the table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t7:o1:1
# text = Sit on the stairs instead of at the table
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the stairs |  | instead the table | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stair=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Say Station Road started it all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t7:o2:1
# text = Say Station Road started it all
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Station	Station	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Road	Road	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **start** | past | Station Road | it |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Be normal with his cousin; it's family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t7:o3:1
# text = Be normal with his cousin; it's family
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with his cousin; normal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | cousin | family |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Make the cousin pass him everything at dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t7:o4:1
# text = Make the cousin pass him everything at dinner
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cousin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | infinitive | the cousin *not said here* | everything | him *= he* | dinner |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient everything=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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