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title: Your American pen pal asks for a "cookie, the sidewalk and the eleva… — The big language quiz · tree and pragmatics
description: Your American pen pal asks for a "cookie, the sidewalk and the elevator" in British English. What are they? Test 12 of lesson 40 «The big language quiz» 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 righ
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# Test 12 · The big language quiz

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Your American pen pal asks for a "cookie, the sidewalk and the elevator" in British English. What are they?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** American pen pal, cookie · **What happens:** ask, be

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This is test 12 of lesson 40 «The big language quiz» 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/40-the-big-language-quiz/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your American pen pal asks for a "cookie, the sidewalk and the elevator" in British English.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:t12:1
# text = Your American pen pal asks for a "cookie, the sidewalk and the elevator" in British English.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	cookie	cookie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sidewalk	sidewalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	elevator	elevator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Your American pen pal |  |  |  |  | for a cookie and the sidewalk and the elevator in British English | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 are they?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:t12:2
# text = What are they?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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A biscuit, the pavement and the lift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:t12:o1:1
# text = A biscuit, the pavement and the lift
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pavement	pavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A muffin, the path and the hoist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:t12:o2:1
# text = A muffin, the path and the hoist
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	muffin	muffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hoist	hoist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A cracker, the kerb and the escalator

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:t12:o3:1
# text = A cracker, the kerb and the escalator
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cracker	cracker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kerb	kerb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	escalator	escalator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A scone, the road and the stairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:t12:o4:1
# text = A scone, the road and the stairs
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scone	scone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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