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title: «mia's mum says nothing over 12, what a bore». Is it a boring aftern… — Fighting games at a friend's house · tree and pragmatics
description: «mia's mum says nothing over 12, what a bore». Is it a boring afternoon then? Test 11 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 11 · Fighting games at a friend's house

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«mia's mum says nothing over 12, what a bore». Is it a boring afternoon then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, bore · **What happens:** say, bore, be · **To what, where:** nothing, 12, boring afternoon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «mia's mum says nothing over 12, what a bore».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t11:1
# text = «mia's mum says nothing over 12, what a bore».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bore	bore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | mia's mum | nothing |  | 12 |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
| 2 | **bore** *in a quote* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* Is it a boring afternoon then?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t11:2
# text = Is it a boring afternoon then?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | bore | a boring afternoon |  |  | then |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, so sneak the 18 one on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, so sneak the 18 one on
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sneak	sneak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	on	on	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak** | imperative | you *not said here* | the 18  one on |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 18=Agent |

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

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No, plenty of great games are 12 and under

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t11:o2:1
# text = No, plenty of great games are 12 and under
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | plenty of great games | 12 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, all the good games are 18, the rest are baby games

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, all the good games are 18, the rest are baby games
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | all good games | 18 |  |  |  | the rest *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | 18 baby games |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, because they'll break the rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t11:o4:1
# text = No, because they'll break the rule
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rule	rule	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** | future | they | the rule |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=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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