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title: Leo: «I'm the guest, so I get longer». Mia's mum is right that…? — Whose turn is it? · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo: «I'm the guest, so I get longer». Mia's mum is right that…? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 397 «Whose turn is it?» 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.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Whose turn is it?

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Leo: «I'm the guest, so I get longer». Mia's mum is right that…?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, I, mum · **What happens:** be, get · **To what, where:** guest

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 397 «Whose turn is it?» 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/397-whose-turn-is-it/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo: «I'm the guest, so I get longer».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:t9:1
# text = Leo: «I'm the guest, so I get longer».
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Leo | the guest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present | I | the guest *not said here* |  |  |  | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guest=Stimulus |

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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:* Mia's mum is right that…?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:t9:2
# text = Mia's mum is right that…?
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	…	…	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mia's mum |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Guests always get the longest turns, that's polite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:t9:o1:1
# text = Guests always get the longest turns, that's polite
1	Guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Guests | the longest turns |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer turn=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only grown-ups can make turn rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:t9:o2:1
# text = Only grown-ups can make turn rules
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | can | grown ups | turn rules |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rule=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hosts should never get a turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:t9:o3:1
# text = Hosts should never get a turn
1	Hosts	host	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | should | Hosts | a turn |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer turn=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Guests can go first, but turns are equal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:t9:o4:1
# text = Guests can go first, but turns are equal
1	Guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | can | Guests |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | turns |  |  |  |  | equal *property* | tree rules |

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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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