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description: «Holly's got a hundred rooms, can I live at hers??» What is the sensible reply? Test 4 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» 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.
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# Test 4 · My dad could lift a car: playground boasting

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Holly's got a hundred rooms, can I live at hers??» What is the sensible reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Holly, I, sensible reply · **What happens:** get, live, be · **To what, where:** hundred rooms

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This is test 4 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» 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/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Holly's got a hundred rooms, can I live at hers??»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t4:1
# text = «Holly's got a hundred rooms, can I live at hers??»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Holly	Holly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	hers	her	PRON	PRP	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | Holly | hundred rooms |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer room=Stimulus |
| 2 | **live** *in a quote* | can | I | hundred rooms *not said here* |  |  |  | at Holly | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme room=Location |

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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 is the sensible reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t4:2
# text = What is the sensible reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Probably not a hundred; wait till you visit and see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t4:o1:1
# text = Probably not a hundred; wait till you visit and see
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	visit	visit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wait** | infinitive | a hundred |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **visit** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **see** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, nobody can live in a house with rooms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t4:o2:1
# text = No, nobody can live in a house with rooms
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | can | nobody |  |  | a house |  | with rooms | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only in the room number one hundred

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only in the room number one hundred
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	flat	_	_
10	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, she has ninety-nine spare rooms for all her friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, she has ninety-nine spare rooms for all her friends
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	spare	spare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | she | nine spare rooms |  |  |  | for her friends | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient |

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