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title: «ratings are just grown-ups being bossy». Noah's dad turns the box o… — What the numbers on the box mean · tree and pragmatics
description: «ratings are just grown-ups being bossy». Noah's dad turns the box over. What does he point to? Test 6 · ★★★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · What the numbers on the box mean

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«ratings are just grown-ups being bossy». Noah's dad turns the box over. What does he point to?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ratings, dad · **What happens:** grow, be, turn over, point · **To what, where:** box

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «ratings are just grown-ups being bossy».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t6:1
# text = «ratings are just grown-ups being bossy».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ratings	rating	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	bossy	bossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ratings |  |  |  |  | bossy *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Noah's dad turns the box over.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t6:2
# text = Noah's dad turns the box over.
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn over** | present | Noah's dad | the box |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent box=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What does he point to?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t6:3
# text = What does he point to?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	point	point	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | present · do-support | dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

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

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The pictures saying what's inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t6:o1:1
# text = The pictures saying what's inside
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the pictures |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The barcode and the price on the back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t6:o2:1
# text = The barcode and the price on the back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barcode	barcode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shop's own sticker on the front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t6:o3:1
# text = The shop's own sticker on the front
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sticker	sticker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The name of the company

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t6:o4:1
# text = The name of the company
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** |  |  | the company |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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