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title: «ur mum's well different-looking from u, are u adopted or summat?» W… — Adoption · tree and pragmatics
description: «ur mum's well different-looking from u, are u adopted or summat?» What may Ana answer? Test 11 of lesson 522 «Adoption» 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 right.
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# Test 11 · Adoption

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«ur mum's well different-looking from u, are u adopted or summat?» What may Ana answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum, Ana · **What happens:** be, adopt, summat, answer · **To what, where:** u

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This is test 11 of lesson 522 «Adoption» 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/522-adoption/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «ur mum's well different-looking from u, are u adopted or summat?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t11:1
# text = «ur mum's well different-looking from u, are u adopted or summat?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	u	u	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	u	u	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	summat	summat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ur's mum |  |  | u |  | look, well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **adopt** *in a quote* | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **summat** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* What may Ana answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t11:2
# text = What may Ana answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Ana	Ana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **answer** *speech: assert* | may | Ana |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Whatever she wants, or nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t11:o1:1
# text = Whatever she wants, or nothing at all
1	Whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | she | Whatever |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme nothing=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the full story with all the details

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t11:o2:1
# text = Only the full story with all the details
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She has to show proof of adoption

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t11:o3:1
# text = She has to show proof of adoption
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	adoption	adoption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | proof of adoption |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent proof=Recipient |
| 3 | **proof** |  |  | adoption |  |  |  |  | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She must say she's not adopted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t11:o4:1
# text = She must say she's not adopted
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | must | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **adopt** | present · passive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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