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title: The teacher asks «where did u go» and three kids said Spain, two Flo… — Hiding it from friends: being skint at… · tree and pragmatics
description: The teacher asks «where did u go» and three kids said Spain, two Florida, one Cornwall, and Ruaridh nowhere. How many children in this group went abroad? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Hiding it from friends: being skint at school

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The teacher asks «where did u go» and three kids said Spain, two Florida, one Cornwall, and Ruaridh nowhere. How many children in this group went abroad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher, u, three kids, many children · **What happens:** ask, go, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» 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/489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The teacher asks «where did u go» and three kids said Spain, two Florida, one Cornwall, and Ruaridh nowhere.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t5:1
# text = The teacher asks «where did u go» and three kids said Spain, two Florida, one Cornwall, and Ruaridh nowhere.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	u	u	X	GW	_	8	nsubj	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
14	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	Florida	Florida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	Cornwall	Cornwall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	Ruaridh	Ruaridh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
24	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the teacher |  |  |  |  | nowhere *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | past · do-support | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | three kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 children in this group went abroad?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t5:2
# text = How many children in this group went abroad?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | many children in this group |  |  |  |  | abroad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Five

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t5:o1:1
# text = Five
1	Five	five	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:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school: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 {#o3}

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Seven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t5:o3:1
# text = Seven
1	Seven	seven	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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Two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t5:o4:1
# text = Two
1	Two	two	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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