--- title: Mum: «Has your brother been out with them older lads again?» Lily kn… — Street gangs and loyalty · tree and pragmatics description: Mum: «Has your brother been out with them older lads again?» Lily knows he has. What's best? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 383 «Street gangs and loyalty» 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/383-street-gangs-and-loyalty/t4/) [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/) / [Street gangs and loyalty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/383-street-gangs-and-loyalty/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Street gangs and loyalty Mum: «Has your brother been out with them older lads again?» Lily knows he has. What's best? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, Lily · **What happens:** have, be, know · **To what, where:** brother, older lads · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 383 «Street gangs and loyalty» 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/383-street-gangs-and-loyalty/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum: «Has your brother been out with them older lads again?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t4:1 # text = Mum: «Has your brother been out with them older lads again?» 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 cop _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 11 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 amod _ _ 12 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 13 again again ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Mum *not said here* | your brother | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | participle | Mum | older lads | | | again | | tree rules | 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:* Lily knows he has. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t4:2 # text = Lily knows he has. 1 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | Lily | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** | present | Lily | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What's best? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t4:3 # text = What's best? 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 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Say she doesn't know anything ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t4:o1:1 # text = Say she doesn't know anything 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 6 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | she | anything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Say yes but beg Mum not to talk to him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t4:o2:1 # text = Say yes but beg Mum not to talk to him 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 beg beg NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | 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 how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **talk** | to-infinitive | beg Mum | | him *= he* | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Say no, to protect him from getting in trouble ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t4:o3:1 # text = Say no, to protect him from getting in trouble 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 from from SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | | | him *= he* | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 3 | **get** | gerund | | | | trouble | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Tell Mum the truth, because she can help him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t4:o4:1 # text = Tell Mum the truth, because she can help him 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the truth | Mum | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient truth=Topic | | 2 | **help** | can | she | | him *= he* | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | **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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