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title: Ruby only gets Saturdays. The group plans the big boss battle for We… — Left out without a console · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby only gets Saturdays. The group plans the big boss battle for Wednesday. Better plan? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 399 «Left out without a 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 8 · ★★ · Left out without a console

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Ruby only gets Saturdays. The group plans the big boss battle for Wednesday. Better plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruby, group · **What happens:** get, plan · **To what, where:** big boss battle

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 399 «Left out without a 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/399-left-out-without-a-console/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby only gets Saturdays.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:t8:1
# text = Ruby only gets Saturdays.
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Saturdays	Saturday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Ruby |  |  |  | saturday |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* The group plans the big boss battle for Wednesday.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:t8:2
# text = The group plans the big boss battle for Wednesday.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	plans	plan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Wednesday	Wednesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | present | the group | the big boss battle |  |  |  | for Wednesday | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* Better plan?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:t8:3
# text = Better plan?
1	Better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	plan	plan	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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Do it Wednesday, Ruby can just watch a video of it after

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:t8:o1:1
# text = Do it Wednesday, Ruby can just watch a video of it after
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	Wednesday	Wednesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	fixed	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **watch** | can | Wednesday and Ruby | a video of video |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent video=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cancel all battles forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:t8:o2:1
# text = Cancel all battles forever
1	Cancel	cancel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	battles	battle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** | imperative | you *not said here* | all battles |  |  |  | forever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Do the big battle on Saturday when Ruby's there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:t8:o3:1
# text = Do the big battle on Saturday when Ruby's there
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | the big battle |  | there |  | on Saturday | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Let Ruby do it alone later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:t8:o4:1
# text = Let Ruby do it alone later
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | Ruby |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | infinitive | Ruby *not said here* | it |  |  |  | alone, late *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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