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What did it mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit, Kyle, word · **What happens:** be, not be, mean · **To what, where:** magic word This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 493 «Warm parents and strict parents» 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/493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kyle's mate's dad: «Whit's the magic word, son?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t10:1 # text = Kyle's mate's dad: «Whit's the magic word, son?» 1 Kyle Kyle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Whit Whit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Whit | the magic word | | | | son *vocative* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Kyle wasn't sure what «whit» meant. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t10:2 # text = Kyle wasn't sure what «whit» meant. 1 Kyle Kyle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | Kyle | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | past | whit | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | *Sentence 3:* What did it mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t10:3 # text = What did it mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past · do-support | word | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} White ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t10:o1:1 # text = White 1 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} What ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t10:o2:1 # text = What 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Wait ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t10:o3:1 # text = Wait 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Wit ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t10:o4:1 # text = Wit 1 Wit Wit PROPN ADD _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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