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title: Alfie-Joe, at home: «Nan lets me have pop AND a fiver, so you have t… — The granny who spoils you and the stri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Alfie-Joe, at home: «Nan lets me have pop AND a fiver, so you have to as well, Mum». What's likely? Test 3 of lesson 512 «The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 3 · The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad

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Alfie-Joe, at home: «Nan lets me have pop AND a fiver, so you have to as well, Mum». What's likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Nan, me, you · **What happens:** let, have, be · **To what, where:** me, pop, Mum

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This is test 3 of lesson 512 «The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad» 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Alfie-Joe, at home: «Nan lets me have pop AND a fiver, so you have to as well, Mum».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t3:1
# text = Alfie-Joe, at home: «Nan lets me have pop AND a fiver, so you have to as well, Mum».
1	Alfie	Alfie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Joe	Joe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	pop	pop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	AND	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	fiver	fiver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
22	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	25	advmod	_	_
23	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	22	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
25	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** *in a quote* | present | Nan | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | infinitive | me *not said here* | pop and a fiver |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pop=Patient |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | Mum |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 likely?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t3:2
# text = What's likely?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Mum will say yes and give him a tenner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t3:o1:1
# text = Mum will say yes and give him a tenner
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tenner	tenner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | infinitive | Mum *not said here* | a tenner | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient tenner=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A row, and Mum won't like being played against Nan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t3:o2:1
# text = A row, and Mum won't like being played against Nan
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	against	against	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** | future | Mum | a row *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot row=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | gerund · passive |  | a row |  |  |  | against Nan | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nan will be in trouble with the police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t3:o3:1
# text = Nan will be in trouble with the police
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | Nan |  |  | trouble |  | with the police | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, Mum will just agree with Nan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t3:o4:1
# text = Nothing, Mum will just agree with Nan
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | future | Nothing |  |  |  |  | with Nan | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with nan=Co-Agent |

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