--- title: Dad looks in the garage. It's tidy. «Champion, son!» What does Dad m… — The check that settles it · tree and pragmatics description: Dad looks in the garage. It's tidy. «Champion, son!» What does Dad mean? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/451-the-check-that-settles-it/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [The check that settles it](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/451-the-check-that-settles-it/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · The check that settles it Dad looks in the garage. It's tidy. «Champion, son!» What does Dad mean? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dad, garage · **What happens:** look, be, mean This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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/451-the-check-that-settles-it/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad looks in the garage. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t11:1 # text = Dad looks in the garage. 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 garage garage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | Dad | | | | | in the garage | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in garage=Theme | 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:* It's tidy. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t11:2 # text = It's tidy. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 tidy tidy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | garage | | | | | tidy *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* «Champion, son!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t11:3 # text = «Champion, son!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Champion champion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 4:* What does Dad mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t11:4 # text = What does Dad mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Dad | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Go to bed now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t11:o1:1 # text = Go to bed now 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | bed | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Excellent ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t11:o2:1 # text = Excellent 1 Excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} You're a boxer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t11:o3:1 # text = You're a boxer 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boxer boxer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | You | a boxer | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} You won a race ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t11:o4:1 # text = You won a race 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | You | a race | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality | **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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