--- title: Belfast neighbour: «Wise up, he's the only honest one.» What does «w… — Politicians and promises, as the news… · tree and pragmatics description: Belfast neighbour: «Wise up, he's the only honest one.» What does «wise up» mean? 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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/442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Belfast neighbour: «Wise up, he's the only honest one.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t2:1 # text = Belfast neighbour: «Wise up, he's the only honest one.» 1 Belfast belfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Wise wise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wise up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | he | the only honest one | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does «wise up» mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t2:2 # text = What does «wise up» mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 obl _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Stand up straight ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t2:o1:1 # text = Stand up straight 1 Stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 straight straight ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | straight *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Get cleverer at school ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t2:o2:1 # text = Get cleverer at school 1 Get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 cleverer clever ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | school | | clever *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Stop being silly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t2:o3:1 # text = Stop being silly 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 cop _ _ 3 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | silly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Go off to sleep now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t2:o4:1 # text = Go off to sleep now 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | now | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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