--- title: Granny: «He talked for two minutes and never said yes or no.» What d… — Politicians and promises, as the news… · tree and pragmatics description: Granny: «He talked for two minutes and never said yes or no.» What did she notice? 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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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t7:1 # text = Granny: «He talked for two minutes and never said yes or no.» What did she notice? 1 Granny granny NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 14 discourse _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 no. no. NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** *in a quote* | past | He | Granny | | | minute | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | He *not said here* | no. | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **notice** | past · do-support | she | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He forgot what day it was ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t7:o1:1 # text = He forgot what day it was 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 obj _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past | He | | | | day | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He gave a very clear answer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t7:o2:1 # text = He gave a very clear answer 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | He | a clear answer | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He dodged the question ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t7:o3:1 # text = He dodged the question 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dodged dodge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dodge** | past | He | the question | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent question=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was a very slow speaker ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t7:o4:1 # text = He was a very slow speaker 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | a slow speaker | | | | | tree rules | **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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