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title: An uncle at Hogmanay is staggering about with a drink. What would mo… — Family parties, aunts and uncles, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: An uncle at Hogmanay is staggering about with a drink. What would most likely happen if Ruaridh stayed right next to him? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 511 «Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody explains» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody expla…

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An uncle at Hogmanay is staggering about with a drink. What would most likely happen if Ruaridh stayed right next to him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle, Ruaridh · **What happens:** stagger, happen, stay

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An uncle at Hogmanay is staggering about with a drink.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains:t7:1
# text = An uncle at Hogmanay is staggering about with a drink.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Hogmanay	Hogmanay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	staggering	stagger	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stagger** | present · progressive | a uncle at Hogmanay |  |  |  |  | with a drink; about *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 would most likely happen if Ruaridh stayed right next to him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains:t7:2
# text = What would most likely happen if Ruaridh stayed right next to him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	Ruaridh	Ruaridh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	next	next	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Ruaridh |  |  |  |  | next *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing, drunk people are always fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains:t7:o1:1
# text = Nothing, drunk people are always fine
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	drunk	drunk	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | drunk people |  |  |  |  | always, fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The uncle would sober up straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains:t7:o2:1
# text = The uncle would sober up straight away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sober	sober	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sober up** | would | the uncle |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He might get knocked over or upset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains:t7:o3:1
# text = He might get knocked over or upset
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	knocked	knock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock over** | might · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Everyone would think he was a hero

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains:t7:o4:1
# text = Everyone would think he was a hero
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | he | a hero |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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