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title: Teen on the bus in Singapore: «half price case, can or not?» What is… — The older kid's «trade» · tree and pragmatics
description: Teen on the bus in Singapore: «half price case, can or not?» What is he asking? Test 9 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · The older kid's «trade»

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Teen on the bus in Singapore: «half price case, can or not?» What is he asking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Singapore · **What happens:** ask

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Teen on the bus in Singapore: «half price case, can or not?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t9:1
# text = Teen on the bus in Singapore: «half price case, can or not?»
1	Teen	teen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Singapore	Singapore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	half	half	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	11	amod	_	_
10	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* What is he asking?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t9:2
# text = What is he asking?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · progressive | Singapore |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Do you have a case already?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t9:o1:1
# text = Do you have a case already?
1	Do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	already	already	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · do-support | you | a case |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Is the bus late?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t9:o2:1
# text = Is the bus late?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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

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Yes or no — will you buy it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t9:o3:1
# text = Yes or no — will you buy it?
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	1	conj	_	_
4	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | future | you | it |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Can you carry it for me?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t9:o4:1
# text = Can you carry it for me?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | can | you | it |  |  |  | for me | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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