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title: In respect of the sentence "Max told Leo that he had won", select th… — Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who · tree and pragmatics
description: In respect of the sentence "Max told Leo that he had won", select the response consistent with sound reasoning. Exam question 4 of lesson 5 «Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 4 · Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who

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In respect of the sentence "Max told Leo that he had won", select the response consistent with sound reasoning.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Max · **What happens:** tell, win, select, respect · **To what, where:** Leo, respect, response, sentence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 5 «Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who» of the language course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e4:1
# text = In respect of the sentence "Max told Leo that he had won", select the response consistent with sound reasoning.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	iobj	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Max |  | Leo | respect of the sentence |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent leo=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **win** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Max |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **select** | infinitive |  | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | the sentence |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The pronoun necessarily refers to Max

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e4:o1:1
# text = The pronoun necessarily refers to Max
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pronoun	pronoun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	refers	refer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refer** | present | the pronoun |  | Max |  |  | necessarily *property* | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to max=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The pronoun is ambiguous, as it may refer to either person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e4:o2:1
# text = The pronoun is ambiguous, as it may refer to either person
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pronoun	pronoun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	ambiguous	ambiguous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	refer	refer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the pronoun |  |  |  |  | ambiguous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **refer** | may | pronoun |  |  |  |  | to either person | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to person=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pronoun necessarily refers to Leo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e4:o3:1
# text = The pronoun necessarily refers to Leo
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pronoun	pronoun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	refers	refer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refer** | present | the pronoun |  | Leo |  |  | necessarily *property* | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to leo=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The pronoun refers to neither person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e4:o4:1
# text = The pronoun refers to neither person
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pronoun	pronoun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	refers	refer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refer** | present | the pronoun |  |  |  |  | to neither person | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to person=Co-Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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