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title: Mia's mum says, «Mr Hal says 'kids these days' at everyone, love.» W… — The ball over the fence and the grumpy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia's mum says, «Mr Hal says 'kids these days' at everyone, love.» What did Mia's picture show? Test 7 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 7 · The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door

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Mia's mum says, «Mr Hal says 'kids these days' at everyone, love.» What did Mia's picture show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, Mr, Mia · **What happens:** say, do, show · **To what, where:** kids, everyone, picture show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia's mum says, «Mr Hal says 'kids these days' at everyone, love.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t7:1
# text = Mia's mum says, «Mr Hal says 'kids these days' at everyone, love.»
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	Hal	Hal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
10	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mia's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Mr | kids |  | everyone | day |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kid=Topic |

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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 did Mia's picture show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t7:2
# text = What did Mia's picture show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Mia's picture show |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality |
| 2 | **show** |  | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pictures make people angrier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t7:o1:1
# text = Pictures make people angrier
1	Pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	angrier	angry	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mr Hal wanted money, not pictures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t7:o2:1
# text = Mr Hal wanted money, not pictures
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Hal	Hal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Mr | money |  |  |  | pictures *obl* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme |

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

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Little gifts can open doors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t7:o3:1
# text = Little gifts can open doors
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | can | Little gifts | doors |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Drawing makes people move away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:t7:o4:1
# text = Drawing makes people move away
1	Drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **move away** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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