--- title: Ambrose's friend says, «they speak French so u can't follow, sorted»… — Parents who row, and one kind and one… · tree and pragmatics description: Ambrose's friend says, «they speak French so u can't follow, sorted». What's the catch? Test 11 of lesson 496 «Parents who row, and one kind and one not» 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 rig --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Parents who row, and one kind and one…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not/) / t11 # Test 11 · Parents who row, and one kind and one not Ambrose's friend says, «they speak French so u can't follow, sorted». What's the catch? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, they, u, catch · **What happens:** say, speak, not follow, sort, be · **To what, where:** French · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 of lesson 496 «Parents who row, and one kind and one not» 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/496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ambrose's friend says, «they speak French so u can't follow, sorted». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:t11:1 # text = Ambrose's friend says, «they speak French so u can't follow, sorted». 1 Ambrose Ambrose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 11 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 sorted sort VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ambrose's friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | they | French | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **follow** *in a quote* | can | u | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sort** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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:* What's the catch? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:t11:2 # text = What's the catch? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 catch catch NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the catch | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Kids often understand more than grown-ups think ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:t11:o1:1 # text = Kids often understand more than grown-ups think 1 Kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 often often ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 understand understand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 obj _ _ 5 than than SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | present | Kids | more | | | | often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | | 2 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | grown ups | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Kids never listen to grown-ups anyway, so it doesn't matter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:t11:o2:1 # text = Kids never listen to grown-ups anyway, so it doesn't matter 1 Kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 listen listen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **listen** | present | Kids | | | | | to grown ups; anyway *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to up=Theme | | 2 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | it | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ambrose only speaks Spanish ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:t11:o3:1 # text = Ambrose only speaks Spanish 1 Ambrose Ambrose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Spanish Spanish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Ambrose | Spanish | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} French is impossible for children to learn ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:t11:o4:1 # text = French is impossible for children to learn 1 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | French | | | | | for children; impossible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive | French *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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