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# Test 8 · ★ · Sleepovers and inside jokes

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Jake: «mum's being well unfair, i'm not saying sorry». What would most likely get the sleepover back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum, i · **What happens:** be, not say, get back · **To what, where:** sleepover · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 462 «Sleepovers and inside jokes» 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/462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake: «mum's being well unfair, i'm not saying sorry».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:t8:1
# text = Jake: «mum's being well unfair, i'm not saying sorry».
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	parataxis	_	_
14	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Jake's mum |  |  |  |  | unfair, well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: apologize* *in a quote* | present · progressive | i |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 would most likely get the sleepover back?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:t8:2
# text = What would most likely get the sleepover back?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | would |  | the sleepover |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary sleepover=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sleeping at a friend's anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:t8:o1:1
# text = Sleeping at a friend's anyway
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at a friend; anyway *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sulking harder until Mum gives in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:t8:o2:1
# text = Sulking harder until Mum gives in
1	Sulking	sulk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	until	until	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sulk** | gerund |  |  |  |  | until Mum | hard *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **give in** | present | Sulking |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Saying sorry to his teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:t8:o3:1
# text = Saying sorry to his teacher
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | sorry | his teacher |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic to teacher=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Asking his dad behind her back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:t8:o4:1
# text = Asking his dad behind her back
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | his dad | her back |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |

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