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title: Teacher: «Who decides which games you play at a friend's house?» — Fighting games at a friend's house · tree and pragmatics
description: Teacher: «Who decides which games you play at a friend's house?» Test 10 of lesson 401 «Fighting games at a friend's house» 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 10 · Fighting games at a friend's house

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Teacher: «Who decides which games you play at a friend's house?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Teacher, you · **What happens:** decide, play · **To what, where:** games, house

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This is test 10 of lesson 401 «Fighting games at a friend's house» 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/401-fighting-games-at-a-friends/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t10:1
# text = Teacher: «Who decides which games you play at a friend's house?»
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **decide** *in a quote* | present | Teacher | which games |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent game=Topic |
| 2 | **play** *in a quote* | present | you | which games *not said here* |  | a friend's house |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Your own parents, even when you're away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t10:o1:1
# text = Your own parents, even when you're away
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Your own parents |  |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The oldest child there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t10:o2:1
# text = The oldest child there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whoever owns the console, because it's their house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t10:o3:1
# text = Whoever owns the console, because it's their house
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	console	console	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | present | Whoever | the console |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot console=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | console | their house |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody, it's a free house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t10:o4:1
# text = Nobody, it's a free house
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nobody | a free house |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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