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title: new girl's got two mums n Ben said "that's weird" right in front of… — Manners and kindness · tree and pragmatics
description: new girl's got two mums n Ben said "that's weird" right in front of her Test 21 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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 21 · Manners and kindness

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new girl's got two mums n Ben said "that's weird" right in front of her

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new girl, Ben, that · **What happens:** get, say, be · **To what, where:** two mums, front · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 21 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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/51-manners-and-kindness/#t21).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t21:1
# text = new girl's got two mums n Ben said "that's weird" right in front of her
1	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	n	n	PUNCT	NFP	_	9	punct	_	_
8	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	right	right	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | new girl | two mums |  | front of Ben |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Some families have two mums and that is normal; say kindly that families differ

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t21:o1:1
# text = Some families have two mums and that is normal; say kindly that families differ
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	differ	differ	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | some families | two mums |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | kindly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **differ** | present | families |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Ask her lots of questions about her two mums in front of the whole class

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t21:o2:1
# text = Ask her lots of questions about her two mums in front of the whole class
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | lots of questions about her two mums | her *= she* | front of the whole class |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Agree it is weird so Ben likes you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t21:o3:1
# text = Agree it is weird so Ben likes you
1	Agree	agree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **like** | present | Ben | you |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tell her she is not allowed two mums

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t21:o4:1
# text = Tell her she is not allowed two mums
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal mum=Theme |

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