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title: Your mate goes "phrasal verbs are easy, any learner can guess 'em, b… — Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate goes "phrasal verbs are easy, any learner can guess 'em, bruv." What's true? Test 1 of lesson 26 «Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up

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Your mate goes "phrasal verbs are easy, any learner can guess 'em, bruv." What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, phrasal verbs, learner · **What happens:** go, be, guess · **To what, where:** 'em · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 26 «Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up» 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/26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate goes "phrasal verbs are easy, any learner can guess 'em, bruv."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t1:1
# text = Your mate goes "phrasal verbs are easy, any learner can guess 'em, bruv."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	phrasal	phrasal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	verbs	verb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	learner	learner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	guess	guess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	_
14	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	vocative	_	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 | **go** | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | phrasal verbs |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **guess** *in a quote* | can | any learner | 'em *= they* |  |  |  | bruv *vocative* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t1:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Learners never use them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t1:o1:1
# text = Learners never use them
1	Learners	learner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | present | Learners | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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

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They're among the hardest bits of English for learners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t1:o2:1
# text = They're among the hardest bits of English for learners
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hardest	hard	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	learners	learner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | among the hardest bits; of English; for learners | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They only exist in America

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t1:o3:1
# text = They only exist in America
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | They |  |  | America |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in america=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He's right, you can always guess them from the main verb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t1:o4:1
# text = He's right, you can always guess them from the main verb
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	guess	guess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **guess** | can | you | them *= they* |  | the main verb |  | always *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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