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title: «my dad called another dad a clown outside school, I could crawl und… — Neighbours who don't speak and the fri… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my dad called another dad a clown outside school, I could crawl under a rock». (Kieran means he's very embarrassed.) What's true? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 483 «Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 5 · ★ · Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper

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«my dad called another dad a clown outside school, I could crawl under a rock». (Kieran means he's very embarrassed.) What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, I, Kieran · **What happens:** call, crawl, mean, be · **To what, where:** dad, rock · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 483 «Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper» 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/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «my dad called another dad a clown outside school, I could crawl under a rock».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:t5:1
# text = «my dad called another dad a clown outside school, I could crawl under a rock».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	clown	clown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
9	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	crawl	crawl	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
15	under	under	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | participle | my dad | another dad |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **crawl** *in a quote* | could | I |  |  | a rock |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under rock=Trajectory |

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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:* (Kieran means he's very embarrassed.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:t5:2
# text = (Kieran means he's very embarrassed.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Kieran |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Kieran |  |  |  |  | embarrassed *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:t5:3
# text = What's true?
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	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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You can love your dad and still see he got it wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:t5:o1:1
# text = You can love your dad and still see he got it wrong
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | can | You | your dad |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus |
| 2 | **see** | present | You *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **get** | past | he | it |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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You should go and shout at the other dad too, to back him up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:t5:o2:1
# text = You should go and shout at the other dad too, to back him up
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	back	back	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | should | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the other dad | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **back up** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your dad is always right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:t5:o3:1
# text = Your dad is always right
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's your fault he shouted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:t5:o4:1
# text = It's your fault he shouted
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | your fault |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | he | your fault *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Topic |

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