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title: «if u don't join the gang ur not Mill Lane». Lily says? — Our street against theirs · tree and pragmatics
description: «if u don't join the gang ur not Mill Lane». Lily says? Test 8 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 8 · Our street against theirs

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«if u don't join the gang ur not Mill Lane». Lily says?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, Lily · **What happens:** not join, say · **To what, where:** gang · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «if u don't join the gang ur not Mill Lane».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t8:1
# text = «if u don't join the gang ur not Mill Lane».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gang	gang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	Mill	Mill	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Lane	Lane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **join** *in a quote* | present · do-support | u | the gang  ur's Mill Lane |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gang=Patient |

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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:* Lily says?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t8:2
# text = Lily says?
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lily |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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I'll move to Station Road then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t8:o1:1
# text = I'll move to Station Road then
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Station	Station	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Road	Road	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | future | I |  | Station Road |  | then |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to road=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine, I'll join for a bit and see what it's like

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t8:o2:1
# text = Fine, I'll join for a bit and see what it's like
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	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	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | future | I |  |  |  |  | for a bit | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

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

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I'm Mill Lane and I'm not joining

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t8:o3:1
# text = I'm Mill Lane and I'm not joining
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	Mill	Mill	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Lane	Lane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	joining	join	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | I | Mill Lane |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **join** | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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I'll ask my friend to join too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t8:o4:1
# text = I'll ask my friend to join too
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | future | I |  | my friend |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **join** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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