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title: Leon: «if I like Gareth, Dad'll think I've swapped him». What would… — The parent who left, and a new partner · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 3 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner

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Leon: «if I like Gareth, Dad'll think I've swapped him». What would a wise grown-up say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, Dad, wise grown · **What happens:** like, think, swap, say · **To what, where:** Gareth, Dad · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» 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/517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leon: «if I like Gareth, Dad'll think I've swapped him».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t3:1
# text = Leon: «if I like Gareth, Dad'll think I've swapped him».
1	Leon	Leon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
7	Gareth	Gareth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
9	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	swapped	swap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | I | Gareth |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gareth=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | future | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **swap** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | Dad |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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 a wise grown-up say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t3:2
# text = What would a wise grown-up say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Stop liking Gareth, just to be on the safe side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t3:o1:1
# text = Stop liking Gareth, just to be on the safe side
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	liking	like	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	Gareth	Gareth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **like** | gerund | you *not said here* | Gareth |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gareth=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the safe side |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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You can like Gareth and still love Dad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t3:o2:1
# text = You can like Gareth and still love Dad
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Gareth	Gareth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | can | You | Gareth |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gareth=Theme |
| 2 | **love** | present | You *not said here* | Dad |  |  | still |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You have to pick one of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t3:o3:1
# text = You have to pick one of them
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pick** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | one of them |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Never tell anyone you like Gareth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t3:o4:1
# text = Never tell anyone you like Gareth
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	Gareth	Gareth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | anyone | Gareth |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent gareth=Recipient anyone=Topic |
| 2 | **like** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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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