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title: Zara-Leigh: «Mi deh yah, Grandma». What is she saying? — Grandparents abroad and grandparents y… · tree and pragmatics
description: Zara-Leigh: «Mi deh yah, Grandma». What is she saying? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» 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 9 · ★ · Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met

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Zara-Leigh: «Mi deh yah, Grandma». What is she saying?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leigh · **What happens:** say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» 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/513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zara-Leigh: «Mi deh yah, Grandma».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t9:1
# text = Zara-Leigh: «Mi deh yah, Grandma».
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Leigh	Leigh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Mi	mi	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
7	deh	deh	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	yah	yah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* What is she saying?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t9:2
# text = What is she saying?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | Leigh |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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I miss your cooking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t9:o1:1
# text = I miss your cooking
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	miss	miss	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | present | I | your cooking |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cooking=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cook** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom cooking «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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I'm hungry, Grandma

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t9:o2:1
# text = I'm hungry, Grandma
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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I'm here, I'm fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t9:o3:1
# text = I'm here, I'm fine
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | here *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I'm going out now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t9:o4:1
# text = I'm going out now
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | present · progressive | I |  |  |  | now | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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