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# Test 6 · My dad could lift a car: playground boasting

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«Leah said she'd beat me with her eyes shut, so I'm not even gonna play» What is the best advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leah, best advice · **What happens:** say, beat, not play, be · **To what, where:** Leah · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t6:1
# text = «Leah said she'd beat me with her eyes shut, so I'm not even gonna play» What is the best advice?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Leah	Leah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
17	even	even	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	19	dep	_	_
19	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	ccomp	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	25	amod	_	_
25	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Leah |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **beat** *in a quote* | would | Leah | Leah |  |  |  | with Leah's eyes; shut *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent i=Patient with eye=Instrument |
| 3 | **not** **play** *in a quote* | present | Leah |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the best advice |  |  |  |  |  | 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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Report her to the head teacher for cheating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t6:o1:1
# text = Report her to the head teacher for cheating
1	Report	report	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cheating	cheating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | to the head teacher; for cheating | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Patient for cheating=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Make her shut her eyes before you start

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t6:o2:1
# text = Make her shut her eyes before you start
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	shut	shut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	start	start	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shut** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | her eyes |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 3 | **start** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Don't play, she has already won the game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t6:o3:1
# text = Don't play, she has already won the game
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	already	already	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **play** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **win** | present · perfect | she | the game |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Play anyway; boasts don't move chess pieces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t6:o4:1
# text = Play anyway; boasts don't move chess pieces
1	Play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	boasts	boast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	chess	chess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **move** | present · do-support | boasts | chess pieces |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |

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