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title: «u can't play anything over 12?? ur parents are so strict». What did… — What the numbers on the box mean · tree and pragmatics
description: «u can't play anything over 12?? ur parents are so strict». What did Jayden find out? Test 8 · ★★★ 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.
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · What the numbers on the box mean

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«u can't play anything over 12?? ur parents are so strict». What did Jayden find out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, parents, Jayden · **What happens:** not play, be, find out · **To what, where:** anything, 12

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This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «u can't play anything over 12?? ur parents are so strict».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t8:1
# text = «u can't play anything over 12?? ur parents are so strict».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	??	??	SYM	SYM	_	14	punct	_	_
10	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **play** *in a quote* | can | u | anything |  | 12 |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ur's parents |  |  |  |  | strict *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:* What did Jayden find out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t8:2
# text = What did Jayden find out?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | past · do-support | Jayden |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only his parents ever check, nobody else's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t8:o1:1
# text = Only his parents ever check, nobody else's
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
8	else	else	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present | his parents | nobody |  |  | ever |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Lots of families check

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t8:o2:1
# text = Lots of families check
1	Lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present | Lots of families |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Everyone else plays 18s every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t8:o3:1
# text = Everyone else plays 18s every day
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	else	else	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	18s	18	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | Everyone | 18s |  |  | day |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 18=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Strict parents like his are breaking the law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean:t8:o4:1
# text = Strict parents like his are breaking the law
1	Strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · progressive | Strict parents like his | the law |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Patient |

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