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title: Little sister writes "I like apples and I like pears and I like plum… — Prepositions and conjunctions: little… · tree and pragmatics
description: Little sister writes "I like apples and I like pears and I like plums and I like grapes." How could she join it better? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 6 «Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sentences together» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 11 · ★ · Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sent…

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Little sister writes "I like apples and I like pears and I like plums and I like grapes." How could she join it better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Little sister, I, sister · **What happens:** write, like, join · **To what, where:** apples, pears, plums, grapes, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 6 «Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sentences together» 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/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Little sister writes "I like apples and I like pears and I like plums and I like grapes."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t11:1
# text = Little sister writes "I like apples and I like pears and I like plums and I like grapes."
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	pears	pear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	plums	plum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
19	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | Little sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **like** *in a quote* | present | I | apples |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot apple=Theme |
| 3 | **like** *in a quote* | present | I | pears |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pear=Theme |
| 4 | **like** *in a quote* | present | I | plums |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot plum=Theme |
| 5 | **like** *in a quote* | present | I | grapes |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot grape=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.

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*Sentence 2:* How could she join it better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t11:2
# text = How could she join it better?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | could | sister | it |  |  |  | good *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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I like apples because pears plums grapes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t11:o1:1
# text = I like apples because pears plums grapes
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	pears	pear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	plums	plum	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | I | apples |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot apple=Theme |
| 2 | **plum** | present | pears | grapes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I like and apples and pears and plums

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t11:o2:1
# text = I like and apples and pears and plums
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pears	pear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	plums	plum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | I | apples and pears and plums |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot apple=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I like apples but pears or plums so grapes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t11:o3:1
# text = I like apples but pears or plums so grapes
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	pears	pear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	plums	plum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | I | apples but pears or plums |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I like apples, pears, plums and grapes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t11:o4:1
# text = I like apples, pears, plums and grapes
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	pears	pear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	plums	plum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | I | apples and pears and plums and grapes |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot apple=Theme |

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