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title: «your lot and their lot don't talk, so you can't be mates with him,… — Feuds between families · tree and pragmatics
description: «your lot and their lot don't talk, so you can't be mates with him, end of». Is that fair on the kids? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 474 «Feuds between families» 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 wron
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# Test 1 · ★ · Feuds between families

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«your lot and their lot don't talk, so you can't be mates with him, end of». Is that fair on the kids?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lot, you · **What happens:** not talk, not be, be · **To what, where:** mates, fair

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 474 «Feuds between families» 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/474-feuds-between-families/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «your lot and their lot don't talk, so you can't be mates with him, end of».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:t1:1
# text = «your lot and their lot don't talk, so you can't be mates with him, end of».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
13	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **talk** *in a quote* | present · do-support | your lot and lot's lot |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | can | you | mates |  |  | of end | with him *= he* | 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:* Is that fair on the kids?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:t1:2
# text = Is that fair on the kids?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | that fair |  |  |  | on the kids | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, so the kids should fight too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:t1:o1:1
# text = No, so the kids should fight too
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | should | the kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, families always know best about friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, families always know best about friends
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | families |  |  |  |  | about friends; always, well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about friend=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, kids must join every family feud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, kids must join every family feud
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	feud	feud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | must | kids | every family feud |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feud=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, kids don't have to carry grown-ups' rows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:t1:o4:1
# text = No, kids don't have to carry grown-ups' rows
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | kids |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | kids *not said here* | grown ups's rows |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent row=Theme |
| 3 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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