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title: «Abena reading in the bath with no water is weird». What does the le… — Twins and big families · tree and pragmatics
description: «Abena reading in the bath with no water is weird». What does the lesson say? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 503 «Twins and big families» 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 8 · ★ · Twins and big families

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«Abena reading in the bath with no water is weird». What does the lesson say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Abena reading, lesson · **What happens:** be, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 503 «Twins and big families» 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/503-twins-and-big-families/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Abena reading in the bath with no water is weird».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t8:1
# text = «Abena reading in the bath with no water is weird».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Abena	Abena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Abena reading in the bath with no water |  |  |  |  | weird *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:* What does the lesson say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t8:2
# text = What does the lesson say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the lesson |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She should read in the busy kitchen instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t8:o1:1
# text = She should read in the busy kitchen instead
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | should | She |  |  | the busy kitchen |  | instead *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Reading in a bath is dangerous with no water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t8:o2:1
# text = Reading in a bath is dangerous with no water
1	Reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  |  |  | a bath |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Reading |  |  |  |  | with no water; dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Baths are only for washing, so it's wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t8:o3:1
# text = Baths are only for washing, so it's wrong
1	Baths	bath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Baths |  |  |  |  | for washing | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | washing |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kids in loud homes find clever quiet spots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t8:o4:1
# text = Kids in loud homes find clever quiet spots
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | Kids in loud homes | clever quiet spots |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Topic |

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