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title: Kayla's brother: «Y'all could've had a way worse week.» Why is he ri… — The forged signature and how it always… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kayla's brother: «Y'all could've had a way worse week.» Why is he right? Test 3 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · The forged signature and how it always ends

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Kayla's brother: «Y'all could've had a way worse week.» Why is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Y'all, Kayla · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** way

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kayla's brother: «Y'all could've had a way worse week.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t3:1
# text = Kayla's brother: «Y'all could've had a way worse week.»
1	Kayla	Kayla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Y'all	y'all	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	've	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | could · perfect | Y'all | a way |  |  | week |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient |

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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:* Why is he right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t3:2
# text = Why is he right?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present | Kayla |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Mom would never have checked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t3:o1:1
# text = Mom would never have checked
1	Mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **check** | would · perfect · passive |  | Mom |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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A forged form would have meant far more trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t3:o2:1
# text = A forged form would have meant far more trouble
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	forged	forge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forge** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | would · perfect · passive |  | a forged form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He wanted to sign the form himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t3:o3:1
# text = He wanted to sign the form himself
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sign	sign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sign** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the form |  |  |  | himself *= he* *obl:unmarked* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent form=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The homework plan was a punishment worse than any

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t3:o4:1
# text = The homework plan was a punishment worse than any
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
```

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

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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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