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title: Ewan, after 3 hours of silence: «that was proper boring, Grandad». G… — The granny who spoils you and the stri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ewan, after 3 hours of silence: «that was proper boring, Grandad». Grandad: «Aye, but ye caught a fish, didn't ye?» What's the point? Test 6 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 th
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# Test 6 · The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad

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Ewan, after 3 hours of silence: «that was proper boring, Grandad». Grandad: «Aye, but ye caught a fish, didn't ye?» What's the point?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, Grandad, ye, point · **What happens:** be, catch, not do · **To what, where:** fish

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ewan, after 3 hours of silence: «that was proper boring, Grandad».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t6:1
# text = Ewan, after 3 hours of silence: «that was proper boring, Grandad».
1	Ewan	Ewan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | that |  |  |  |  | Grandad *vocative*; boring *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.

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*Sentence 2:* Grandad: «Aye, but ye caught a fish, didn't ye?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t6:2
# text = Grandad: «Aye, but ye caught a fish, didn't ye?»
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	8	nsubj	_	_
8	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
14	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** *in a quote* | past | Grandad | a fish |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | past | ye |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the point?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t6:3
# text = What's the point?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Grandads never let you talk at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t6:o1:1
# text = Grandads never let you talk at all
1	Grandads	grandad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | infinitive | Grandads | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Quiet times can end in something great

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t6:o2:1
# text = Quiet times can end in something great
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | can | Quiet times |  |  | something |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Talking scares away all the fish forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t6:o3:1
# text = Talking scares away all the fish forever
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	scares	scare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk away** | gerund |  | scares |  |  |  | all fish *obl*; away, forever *property* | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent scare=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fishing is always boring and pointless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t6:o4:1
# text = Fishing is always boring and pointless
1	Fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pointless	pointless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Fishing |  |  |  |  | always, boring *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Fishing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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