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title: You're in Boston and your mate texts "meet u ground floor lol". What… — British and American words · tree and pragmatics
description: You're in Boston and your mate texts "meet u ground floor lol". What should you say to an American to find it? Test 5 of lesson 21 «British and American words» 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 w
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# Test 5 · British and American words

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You're in Boston and your mate texts "meet u ground floor lol". What should you say to an American to find it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, u · **What happens:** be, meet, floor, say, find · **To what, where:** Boston, floor · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 21 «British and American words» 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/21-british-and-american-words/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You're in Boston and your mate texts "meet u ground floor lol".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:t5:1
# text = You're in Boston and your mate texts "meet u ground floor lol".
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Boston	Boston	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	meet	meet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | You |  |  | Boston and your mate texts |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **meet** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **floor** *in a quote* |  | u |  |  |  |  |  | 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 should you say to an American to find it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:t5:2
# text = What should you say to an American to find it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | floor |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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The first floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:t5:o1:1
# text = The first floor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The second floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:t5:o2:1
# text = The second floor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The basement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:t5:o3:1
# text = The basement
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	basement	basement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The top floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:t5:o4:1
# text = The top floor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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