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title: Ruby's dad dances like «a wardrobe falling down the stairs». Was the… — Family game night · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby's dad dances like «a wardrobe falling down the stairs». Was the night a failure? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 425 «Family game night» 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 7 · ★★★ · Family game night

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Ruby's dad dances like «a wardrobe falling down the stairs». Was the night a failure?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, wardrobe · **What happens:** dance, fall down, be · **To what, where:** stairs, night

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 425 «Family game night» 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/425-family-game-night/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby's dad dances like «a wardrobe falling down the stairs».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:t7:1
# text = Ruby's dad dances like «a wardrobe falling down the stairs».
1	Ruby	Ruby	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	dances	dance	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | present | Ruby's dad |  |  |  |  | like a wardrobe | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fall down** *in a quote* | gerund | a wardrobe *not said here* | the stairs |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient stair=Result |

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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:* Was the night a failure?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:t7:2
# text = Was the night a failure?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the night |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, he should have refused to play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, he should have refused to play
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	refused	refuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | should · perfect | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **play** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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No, laughing together was the best part

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:t7:o2:1
# text = No, laughing together was the best part
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | laughing | the best part |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, because he lost every round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, because he lost every round
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	round	round	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | he | every round |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent round=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, because he secretly won in the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:t7:o4:1
# text = No, because he secretly won in the end
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | he |  |  |  | in the end | secretly *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in end=Eventuality |

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