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title: Kwesi's mate: «why's your uncle wearing a curtain lol». What's a goo… — Family parties, aunts and uncles, and… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody expla…

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Kwesi's mate: «why's your uncle wearing a curtain lol». What's a good answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** uncle · **What happens:** be, wear · **To what, where:** uncle, curtain, good answer

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 511 «Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody explains» 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/511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kwesi's mate: «why's your uncle wearing a curtain lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains:t10:1
# text = Kwesi's mate: «why's your uncle wearing a curtain lol».
1	Kwesi	Kwesi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	curtain	curtain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | your uncle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** *in a quote* | gerund | your uncle *not said here* | a curtain |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent curtain=Source |

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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's a good answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains:t10:2
# text = What's a good answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **is a** | present |  | a good answer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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«It's kente, from Ghana, and it's well nice»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains:t10:o1:1
# text = «It's kente, from Ghana, and it's well nice»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	kente	kente	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Ghana	Ghana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | kente |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | kente |  |  |  |  | nice, well *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Shut up or I'll sort you out»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains:t10:o2:1
# text = «Shut up or I'll sort you out»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	sort	sort	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sort out** *in a quote* | future | I | you |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«I dunno, he's dead weird, just ignore him, mate»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains:t10:o3:1
# text = «I dunno, he's dead weird, just ignore him, mate»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dunno	dunno	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	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 | he |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ignore** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«He lost his suitcase at the airport»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains:t10:o4:1
# text = «He lost his suitcase at the airport»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	suitcase	suitcase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	airport	airport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** *in a quote* | past | He | his suitcase |  | the airport |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suitcase=Eventuality |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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