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title: Ravi: «12 if u count the fish. no wait, Grandad's gone to India for… — Every family is different · tree and pragmatics
description: Ravi: «12 if u count the fish. no wait, Grandad's gone to India for a month». How many people are at home this month, not counting the fish? Test 5 · ★ 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 a
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# Test 5 · ★ · Every family is different

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Ravi: «12 if u count the fish. no wait, Grandad's gone to India for a month». How many people are at home this month, not counting the fish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ravi, Grandad, many people, home · **What happens:** count, go, be, not count · **To what, where:** fish, India, home

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ravi: «12 if u count the fish. no wait, Grandad's gone to India for a month».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:t5:1
# text = Ravi: «12 if u count the fish. no wait, Grandad's gone to India for a month».
1	Ravi	Ravi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	wait	wait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** *in a quote* | present | Ravi | the fish |  |  |  | no wait *obl* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present · passive | Grandad |  |  | India | month |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to india=Initial\_Location |

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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:* How many people are at home this month, not counting the fish?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:t5:2
# text = How many people are at home this month, not counting the fish?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | many people |  |  | home | month |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **count** | gerund | home *not said here* | the fish |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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Ten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:t5:o1:1
# text = Ten
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Six

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:t5:o2:1
# text = Six
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Eleven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:t5:o3:1
# text = Eleven
1	Eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Twelve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:t5:o4:1
# text = Twelve
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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