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title: Kayden: «Mum, don't call me a drongo in front of the lads». Where is… — Shouty parents and bad days · tree and pragmatics
description: Kayden: «Mum, don't call me a drongo in front of the lads». Where is the best place to say it? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» 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 right
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Shouty parents and bad days

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Kayden: «Mum, don't call me a drongo in front of the lads». Where is the best place to say it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, best place · **What happens:** not call, be, say · **To what, where:** me, front, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» 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/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kayden: «Mum, don't call me a drongo in front of the lads».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:t10:1
# text = Kayden: «Mum, don't call me a drongo in front of the lads».
1	Kayden	Kayden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	drongo	drongo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **call** *in a quote* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  | me | front of the lads |  | Kayden *vocative* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |

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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:* Where is the best place to say it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:t10:2
# text = Where is the best place to say it?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the best place |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the best place *not said here* | place |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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On the pitch, through a megaphone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:t10:o1:1
# text = On the pitch, through a megaphone
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	megaphone	megaphone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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At home, just the two of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:t10:o2:1
# text = At home, just the two of them
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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At school assembly in front of all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:t10:o3:1
# text = At school assembly in front of all
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	assembly	assembly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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In the group chat with all his mates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:t10:o4:1
# text = In the group chat with all his mates
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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