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title: Lola's pal writes "The teacher smiled at Sam and I." Using the take-… — Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who · tree and pragmatics
description: Lola's pal writes "The teacher smiled at Sam and I." Using the take-out trick, what should it be? Test 11 · ★ 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; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 11 · ★ · Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who

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Lola's pal writes "The teacher smiled at Sam and I." Using the take-out trick, what should it be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pal, teacher · **What happens:** write, smile, use, be · **To what, where:** Sam, out trick · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 5 «Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who» 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/5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:t11:1
# text = Lola's pal writes "The teacher smiled at Sam and I." Using the take-out trick, what should it be?
1	Lola	Lola	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	smiled	smile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	I.	I.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
16	take	take	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	out	out	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	obj	_	_
22	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | Lola's pal |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **smile** *in a quote* | past | the teacher |  |  | Sam and I. |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **use** | gerund | the teacher *not said here* | the out trick |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient |
| 4 | **be** | should | teacher | the out trick |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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at Sam and me, because "smiled at me"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:t11:o1:1
# text = at Sam and me, because "smiled at me"
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	smiled	smile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smile** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  | Sam |  | at me | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
at Sam and I, because "and I" is polite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:t11:o2:1
# text = at Sam and I, because "and I" is polite
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
at I and Sam, because I comes first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:t11:o3:1
# text = at I and Sam, because I comes first
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | I |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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at Sam and myself, because it's posher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:t11:o4:1
# text = at Sam and myself, because it's posher
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	myself	myself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	posher	posh	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it | Sam *not said here* |  |  |  | posh *property* | tree rules |

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