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title: Tariq's dad: «no sleepover». Tariq: «can I go if I'm home by 9?» Wha… — Warm parents and strict parents · tree and pragmatics
description: Tariq's dad: «no sleepover». Tariq: «can I go if I'm home by 9?» What is Tariq doing well? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 493 «Warm parents and strict parents» 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 8 · ★ · Warm parents and strict parents

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Tariq's dad: «no sleepover». Tariq: «can I go if I'm home by 9?» What is Tariq doing well?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tariq, I · **What happens:** go, be, do

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tariq's dad: «no sleepover».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t8:1
# text = Tariq's dad: «no sleepover».
1	Tariq	Tariq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Tariq: «can I go if I'm home by 9?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t8:2
# text = Tariq: «can I go if I'm home by 9?»
1	Tariq	Tariq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advcl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | can | Tariq |  |  |  |  | by 9 | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by 9=Location |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | home *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What is Tariq doing well?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t8:3
# text = What is Tariq doing well?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Tariq	Tariq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · progressive | Tariq |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sneaking out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t8:o1:1
# text = Sneaking out
1	Sneaking	sneak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak out** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Asking for a deal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t8:o2:1
# text = Asking for a deal
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for a deal | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Giving up on it all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t8:o3:1
# text = Giving up on it all
1	Giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | gerund |  |  |  | it |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Arguing loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t8:o4:1
# text = Arguing loudly
1	Arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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