--- title: Teacher: «Can anyone tell me why your streets are fighting?» Long si… — Our street against theirs · tree and pragmatics description: Teacher: «Can anyone tell me why your streets are fighting?» Long silence. What does that show? Test 9 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/382-our-street-against-theirs/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Our street against theirs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/382-our-street-against-theirs/) / t9 # Test 9 · Our street against theirs Teacher: «Can anyone tell me why your streets are fighting?» Long silence. What does that show? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Teacher, streets, that · **What happens:** tell, fight, show · **To what, where:** me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Teacher: «Can anyone tell me why your streets are fighting?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t9:1 # text = Teacher: «Can anyone tell me why your streets are fighting?» 1 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | Teacher | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 2 | **fight** *in a quote* | present · progressive | your streets | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Long silence. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t9:2 # text = Long silence. 1 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* What does that show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t9:3 # text = What does that show? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · do-support | that | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Nobody has a real reason ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t9:o1:1 # text = Nobody has a real reason 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Nobody | a real reason | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The other street started it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t9:o2:1 # text = The other street started it 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past | the other street | it | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} The teacher should already know ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t9:o3:1 # text = The teacher should already know 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | should | the teacher | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} It's a secret only big kids know ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:t9:o4:1 # text = It's a secret only big kids know 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a secret | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | present | big kids | a secret *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer secret=Stimulus | **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. 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