--- title: Maddie: «bet I can carry the whole pile of mats on my own». Teacher:… — Showing off · tree and pragmatics description: Maddie: «bet I can carry the whole pile of mats on my own». Teacher: «Two people, please.» Why? Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 390 «Showing off» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/390-showing-off/t5/) [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/) / [Showing off](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/390-showing-off/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★★ · Showing off Maddie: «bet I can carry the whole pile of mats on my own». Teacher: «Two people, please.» Why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** carry · **To what, where:** whole pile, own This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 390 «Showing off» 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/390-showing-off/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Maddie: «bet I can carry the whole pile of mats on my own». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t5:1 # text = Maddie: «bet I can carry the whole pile of mats on my own». 1 Maddie Maddie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 bet bet SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 mats mat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** *in a quote* | can | I | the whole pile of mats | | my own | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pile=Theme | 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:* Teacher: «Two people, please.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t5:2 # text = Teacher: «Two people, please.» 1 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 please please INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t5:3 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Teachers like to be in charge ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t5:o1:1 # text = Teachers like to be in charge 1 Teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | Teachers | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Teachers *not said here* | | | charge | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Maddie isn't allowed to touch mats ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t5:o2:1 # text = Maddie isn't allowed to touch mats 1 Maddie Maddie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 mats mat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | | Maddie | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **touch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Maddie *not said here* | mats | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mat=Co-Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The mats are worth a lot of money ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t5:o3:1 # text = The mats are worth a lot of money 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mats mat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the mats | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Too heavy a load can pull a muscle ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t5:o4:1 # text = Too heavy a load can pull a muscle 1 Too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 muscle muscle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | can | a heavy load | a muscle | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent muscle=Theme | **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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