--- title: Grandad grumbles "Waterstones without its apostrophe, the cheek!" Di… — The apostrophe war · tree and pragmatics description: Grandad grumbles "Waterstones without its apostrophe, the cheek!" Did the shop break a law? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 15 «The apostrophe war» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/15-the-apostrophe-war/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [The apostrophe war](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/15-the-apostrophe-war/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · The apostrophe war Grandad grumbles "Waterstones without its apostrophe, the cheek!" Did the shop break a law? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, shop · **What happens:** grumble, break · **To what, where:** Waterstones, law This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 15 «The apostrophe war» of the language 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/language/15-the-apostrophe-war/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandad grumbles "Waterstones without its apostrophe, the cheek!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:15-the-apostrophe-war:t6:1 # text = Grandad grumbles "Waterstones without its apostrophe, the cheek!" 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grumbles grumble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Waterstones Waterstone PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 apostrophe apostrophe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | present | Grandad | Waterstones | | | | without its apostrophe | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waterstone=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* Did the shop break a law? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:15-the-apostrophe-war:t6:2 # text = Did the shop break a law? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past · do-support | the shop | a law | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, it was fined in 2012 ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:15-the-apostrophe-war:t6:o1:1 # text = Yes, it was fined in 2012 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 fined fine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 2012 2012 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fine** | past · passive | | it | | 2012 | | | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, companies choose their own names ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:15-the-apostrophe-war:t6:o2:1 # text = No, companies choose their own names 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 companies company NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present | companies | companies's own names | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 2 | **name** | | companies *= company* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, there's an apostrophe law ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:15-the-apostrophe-war:t6:o3:1 # text = Yes, there's an apostrophe law 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 apostrophe apostrophe NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a apostrophe law | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, because apostrophes don't exist ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:15-the-apostrophe-war:t6:o4:1 # text = No, because apostrophes don't exist 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 apostrophes apostrophe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 exist exist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **exist** | present · do-support | apostrophes | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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