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title: Nine kids at the door, mum says four. «just let us all in, go on». K… — Mia gets the newest console · tree and pragmatics
description: Nine kids at the door, mum says four. «just let us all in, go on». Kindest answer? Test 4 of lesson 396 «Mia gets the newest console» 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 4 · Mia gets the newest console

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Nine kids at the door, mum says four. «just let us all in, go on». Kindest answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, you · **What happens:** say, let in, go on · **To what, where:** four, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 396 «Mia gets the newest console» 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/396-mia-gets-the-newest-console/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nine kids at the door, mum says four.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:t4:1
# text = Nine kids at the door, mum says four.
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	ccomp	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

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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:* «just let us all in, go on».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:t4:2
# text = «just let us all in, go on».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let in** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | us |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme |
| 2 | **go on** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Kindest answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:t4:3
# text = Kindest answer?
1	Kindest	kind	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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«Not today, but you're on the rota next week»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:t4:o1:1
# text = «Not today, but you're on the rota next week»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rota	rota	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
11	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  | the rota | week |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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«Fine, mum won't notice»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:t4:o2:1
# text = «Fine, mum won't notice»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **notice** *in a quote* | future | Fine mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Only my best four, the rest go away»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:t4:o3:1
# text = «Only my best four, the rest go away»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go away** *in a quote* | infinitive | the rest |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«Whoever pushes in first gets in»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:t4:o4:1
# text = «Whoever pushes in first gets in»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** *in a quote* | present | Whoever |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get in** *in a quote* | present | Whoever *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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