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title: «mrs platt's well nesh, moanin at the wind chimes». («nesh» in the N… — The ball over the fence and the grumpy… · tree and pragmatics
description: «mrs platt's well nesh, moanin at the wind chimes». («nesh» in the North means easily bothered by cold.) The kids are kind but she stays grumpy. What's sensible? Test 5 of lesson 473 «The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Test 5 · The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door

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«mrs platt's well nesh, moanin at the wind chimes». («nesh» in the North means easily bothered by cold.) The kids are kind but she stays grumpy. What's sensible?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** platt, nesh, kids · **What happens:** be, mean, bother, stay · **To what, where:** nesh · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 473 «The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door» 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/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «mrs platt's well nesh, moanin at the wind chimes».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t5:1
# text = «mrs platt's well nesh, moanin at the wind chimes».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mrs	mr	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	platt	Platt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	nesh	nesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	moanin	moanin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	chimes	chime	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | platt | nesh |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |

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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:* («nesh» in the North means easily bothered by cold.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t5:2
# text = («nesh» in the North means easily bothered by cold.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	nesh	nesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	bothered	bother	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	ccomp	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | nesh in the North |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bother** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by cold; easily *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 3:* The kids are kind but she stays grumpy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t5:3
# text = The kids are kind but she stays grumpy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the kids |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | present | nesh |  |  |  |  | grumpy *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 4:* What's sensible?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t5:4
# text = What's sensible?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Ring her doorbell and run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t5:o1:1
# text = Ring her doorbell and run
1	Ring	ring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	doorbell	doorbell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | imperative | you *not said here* | her doorbell |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location doorbell=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Accept it and play somewhere else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t5:o2:1
# text = Accept it and play somewhere else
1	Accept	accept	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
6	else	else	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | somewhere *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Keep annoying her till she smiles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t5:o3:1
# text = Keep annoying her till she smiles
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	annoying	annoy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	smiles	smile	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **annoy** | gerund | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |
| 3 | **smile** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Break her wind chimes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t5:o4:1
# text = Break her wind chimes
1	Break	break	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	chimes	chime	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Patient chime=Result |

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