--- title: «Faith cried over a dress, so dramatic». Why did it mean so much? — Twins and big families · tree and pragmatics description: «Faith cried over a dress, so dramatic». Why did it mean so much? Test 9 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/503-twins-and-big-families/t9/) [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/) / [Twins and big families](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/503-twins-and-big-families/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Twins and big families «Faith cried over a dress, so dramatic». Why did it mean so much? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Faith, dress · **What happens:** cry, mean · **To what, where:** dress This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Faith cried over a dress, so dramatic». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t9:1 # text = «Faith cried over a dress, so dramatic». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 dramatic dramatic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | Faith | | | a dress | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over dress=Location | 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:* Why did it mean so much? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t9:2 # text = Why did it mean so much? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past · do-support | dress | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Her aunt made her wear it to church ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t9:o1:1 # text = Her aunt made her wear it to church 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Her aunt | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wear** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | it | | | | to church | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She hated the dress and was upset ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t9:o2:1 # text = She hated the dress and was upset 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 upset upset ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | past | She | the dress | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dress=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | She *not said here* | | | | | upset *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} She cries about every little thing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t9:o3:1 # text = She cries about every little thing 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | She | every little thing | | | | about *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} In big families new things are rare ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t9:o4:1 # text = In big families new things are rare 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | new things | big families *not said here* | | | | rare *property* | tree rules | **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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