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title: Ms Rivera: «Paper always goes home in the end.» What does she mean? — The forged signature and how it always… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ms Rivera: «Paper always goes home in the end.» What does she mean? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 429 «The forged signature and how it always ends» 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 right.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · The forged signature and how it always ends

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Ms Rivera: «Paper always goes home in the end.» What does she mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ms Rivera, Rivera · **What happens:** go, mean · **To what, where:** end

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 429 «The forged signature and how it always ends» 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/429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ms Rivera: «Paper always goes home in the end.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t2:1
# text = Ms Rivera: «Paper always goes home in the end.»
1	Ms	Ms	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Rivera	Rivera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present | Ms Rivera |  |  |  | in the end | always, home *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in end=Location |

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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 does she mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t2:2
# text = What does she mean?
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	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Rivera |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Paper is always sent home by post

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t2:o1:1
# text = Paper is always sent home by post
1	Paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present · passive | post | Paper |  |  |  | always, home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Notes always get lost on the way home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t2:o2:1
# text = Notes always get lost on the way home
1	Notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
3	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | Notes |  | the way |  | always *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Faked papers reach the real parents sooner or later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t2:o3:1
# text = Faked papers reach the real parents sooner or later
1	Faked	fake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	papers	paper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reach	reach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reach** | present | Faked papers |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Homework should never be left at school overnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t2:o4:1
# text = Homework should never be left at school overnight
1	Homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **leave** | should · passive |  | Homework |  | school |  | overnight *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at school=Location |

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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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