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title: Older girl: «be in our crew, just bring us 2 quid every Friday». Wha… — The older kid's «trade» · tree and pragmatics
description: Older girl: «be in our crew, just bring us 2 quid every Friday». What is this really? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 445 «The older kid's «trade»» 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 older kid's «trade»

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Older girl: «be in our crew, just bring us 2 quid every Friday». What is this really?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** this · **What happens:** be, bring · **To what, where:** crew, 2 quid, us

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 445 «The older kid's «trade»» 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/445-the-older-kids-trade/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Older girl: «be in our crew, just bring us 2 quid every Friday».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t2:1
# text = Older girl: «be in our crew, just bring us 2 quid every Friday».
1	Older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
12	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	quid	quid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  | our crew |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | 2 quid | us |  | friday |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent we=Destination quid=Theme |

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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 is this really?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t2:2
# text = What is this really?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | this |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Taking, not friendship — tell a grown-up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t2:o1:1
# text = Taking, not friendship — tell a grown-up
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | friendship |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  | a grown up |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A normal way to make friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t2:o2:1
# text = A normal way to make friends
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | friends |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A school club with a fee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t2:o3:1
# text = A school club with a fee
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fee	fee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A good deal for being popular with the big girls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t2:o4:1
# text = A good deal for being popular with the big girls
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with the big girls; popular *property* | 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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