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# Test 6 · ★ · Warm parents and strict parents

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Mihi's mum: «chur, you'll be right». Mihi is still sad. What could she say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Mihi · **What happens:** be, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mihi's mum: «chur, you'll be right».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t6:1
# text = Mihi's mum: «chur, you'll be right».
1	Mihi	Mihi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	chur	chur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | future | you |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Mihi is still sad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t6:2
# text = Mihi is still sad.
1	Mihi	Mihi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present | Mihi |  |  |  | still | sad *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What could she say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t6:3
# text = What could she say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | could | Mihi |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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«I need you to listen, not joke»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t6:o1:1
# text = «I need you to listen, not joke»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** *in a quote* | present | I | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **listen** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Chur» and go and cry on her own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t6:o2:1
# text = «Chur» and go and cry on her own
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Chur	Chur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive |  |  |  | Chur's own |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Can I play Fortnite now, then?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t6:o3:1
# text = «Can I play Fortnite now, then?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Fortnite	Fortnite	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** *in a quote* | can | I | Fortnite |  |  | now; then |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortnite=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«You're the worst mum ever, go away»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t6:o4:1
# text = «You're the worst mum ever, go away»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You | the worst mum |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go away** *in a quote* | infinitive | the worst mum |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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