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title: Zoe's shopkeeper waves: «Back for more?» What does Zoe's laugh and c… — When the story falls apart · tree and pragmatics
description: Zoe's shopkeeper waves: «Back for more?» What does Zoe's laugh and confession show? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» 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 6 · ★★ · When the story falls apart

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Zoe's shopkeeper waves: «Back for more?» What does Zoe's laugh and confession show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** shopkeeper, Zoe · **What happens:** wave, do, laugh · **To what, where:** laugh

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» 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/431-when-the-story-falls-apart/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zoe's shopkeeper waves: «Back for more?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t6:1
# text = Zoe's shopkeeper waves: «Back for more?»
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	waves	wave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | present | Zoe's shopkeeper |  |  |  |  | for more | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 Zoe's laugh and confession show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t6:2
# text = What does Zoe's laugh and confession show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | Zoe's laugh and confession show |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Eventuality |
| 2 | **laugh** |  | Zoe |  |  |  |  |  | nom laugh «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lying works better in big towns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t6:o1:1
# text = Lying works better in big towns
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** | present |  |  |  |  |  | in big towns; well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in town=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She should use a different shop next time, further away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t6:o2:1
# text = She should use a different shop next time, further away
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	further	further	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | should | She | a different shop |  |  | time | away *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Real life has many witnesses, so the truth is easier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t6:o3:1
# text = Real life has many witnesses, so the truth is easier
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	witnesses	witness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Real life | many witnesses |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witness=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shopkeepers always tell on kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t6:o4:1
# text = Shopkeepers always tell on kids
1	Shopkeepers	shopkeeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Shopkeepers |  |  |  |  | on kids; always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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