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# Test 5 · My dad could lift a car: playground boasting

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«Ethan's been to Disneyland fifty times and I've never been, it's not fair» What is likely true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ethan, I, Disneyland · **What happens:** be, not be

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t5:1
# text = «Ethan's been to Disneyland fifty times and I've never been, it's not fair» What is likely true?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Disneyland	Disneyland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
7	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
20	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Ethan |  |  |  | time | to Disneyland | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | Disneyland |  |  |  |  | true *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He has never been, he just saw it on telly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t5:o1:1
# text = He has never been, he just saw it on telly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	telly	telly	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** | participle | he |  |  | telly |  | see *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He has been fifty times exactly and has kept all the tickets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t5:o2:1
# text = He has been fifty times exactly and has kept all the tickets
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
4	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tickets	ticket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present · perfect | He | fifty times |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present · perfect | fifty times *not said here* | all tickets |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ticket=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He goes every week and lives at the hotel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t5:o3:1
# text = He goes every week and lives at the hotel
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hotel	hotel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | He |  |  |  | week |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | present | He *not said here* |  |  | the hotel |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at hotel=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He has been a couple of times and it's his favourite thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t5:o4:1
# text = He has been a couple of times and it's his favourite thing
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present · perfect | He | a couple and his favourite thing |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | his favourite thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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