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title: Jaylon: «y'all so strict, Marcus's dad lets him play anything». What… — Every family is different · tree and pragmatics
description: Jaylon: «y'all so strict, Marcus's dad lets him play anything». What might actually work? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 486 «Every family is different» 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Every family is different

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Jaylon: «y'all so strict, Marcus's dad lets him play anything». What might actually work?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, Jaylon · **What happens:** let, play, work · **To what, where:** Jaylon, anything

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 486 «Every family is different» 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/486-every-family-is-different/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jaylon: «y'all so strict, Marcus's dad lets him play anything».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:t10:1
# text = Jaylon: «y'all so strict, Marcus's dad lets him play anything».
1	Jaylon	Jaylon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	y'all	y'all	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	Marcus	Marcus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** *in a quote* | present | Marcus's dad | Jaylon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** *in a quote* | infinitive | Jaylon *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |

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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 might actually work?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:t10:2
# text = What might actually work?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | might |  |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent what=Material |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Play the 18-rated games at Marcus's in secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:t10:o1:1
# text = Play the 18-rated games at Marcus's in secret
1	Play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	rated	rate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Marcus	Marcus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* | the rated games |  | Marcus |  | in secret | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
| 2 | **rate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Ask calmly why, and still keep the rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:t10:o2:1
# text = Ask calmly why, and still keep the rule
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calmly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the rule |  |  | still |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Tell Dad that Marcus's dad is a better dad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:t10:o3:1
# text = Tell Dad that Marcus's dad is a better dad
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	Marcus	Marcus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Dad |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Marcus's dad | a better dad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shout and slam doors until Dad gives in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:t10:o4:1
# text = Shout and slam doors until Dad gives in
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	slam	slam	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **slam** | infinitive | you *not said here* | doors |  |  |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 3 | **give in** | present | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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