--- title: «my cousin's 15, says he's basically 18 so he can play 18s». Right? — What the numbers on the box mean · tree and pragmatics description: «my cousin's 15, says he's basically 18 so he can play 18s». Right? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 400 «What the numbers on the box mean» 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/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/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/) / [What the numbers on the box mean](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · What the numbers on the box mean «my cousin's 15, says he's basically 18 so he can play 18s». Right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin · **What happens:** say, be, play · **To what, where:** 18, 18s · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 400 «What the numbers on the box mean» 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/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «my cousin's 15, says he's basically 18 so he can play 18s». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t4:1 # text = «my cousin's 15, says he's basically 18 so he can play 18s». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 basically basically ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 18 18 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 ccomp _ _ 12 so so SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 16 18s 18 NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my cousin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | cousin | 18 | | | | basically *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **play** *in a quote* | can | cousin | 18s | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 18=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:* Right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t4:2 # text = Right? 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 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} Yes, if he's tall for his age ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t4:o1:1 # text = Yes, if he's tall for his age 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | for his age | tall *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only if his mates say so ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t4:o2:1 # text = Only if his mates say so 1 Only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | his mates | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, close enough counts ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t4:o3:1 # text = Yes, close enough counts 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 close close VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 counts count NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | imperative | you *not said here* | enough counts | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent count=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, ratings count real years ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t4:o4:1 # text = No, ratings count real years 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 ratings rating NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 count count VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present | ratings | | | | year | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **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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