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title: A Yorkshire dad says "I'm sat in t'car, get a move on!" (In Yorkshir… — Prepositions and conjunctions: little… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Yorkshire dad says "I'm sat in t'car, get a move on!" (In Yorkshire "t'" means the.) What's going on? Test 2 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 2 · ★ · Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sent…

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A Yorkshire dad says "I'm sat in t'car, get a move on!" (In Yorkshire "t'" means the.) What's going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Yorkshire dad, t · **What happens:** say, be, get on, mean, go on · **To what, where:** t'car, move, the · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Yorkshire dad says "I'm sat in t'car, get a move on!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t2:1
# text = A Yorkshire dad says "I'm sat in t'car, get a move on!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	sat	sat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	t'car	t'car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a Yorkshire dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a Yorkshire dad *= dad* |  |  | t'car |  | sat *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **get on** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a move |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer move=Stimulus |

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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:* (In Yorkshire "t'" means the.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t2:2
# text = (In Yorkshire "t'" means the.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	t	t	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | t | the |  |  |  | in Yorkshire | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot the=Theme in yorkshire=Attribute |

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*Sentence 3:* What's going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t2:3
# text = What's going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Someone has sat him down in the car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t2:o1:1
# text = Someone has sat him down in the car
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit down** | present · perfect | Someone | him *= he* |  | the car |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is about to get out of the car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t2:o2:1
# text = He is about to get out of the car
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get out** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the car |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is sitting in the car waiting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t2:o3:1
# text = He is sitting in the car waiting
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	waiting	waiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present · progressive | He |  |  | the car waiting |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in waiting=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sat in the car yesterday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t2:o4:1
# text = He sat in the car yesterday
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | He |  |  | the car | yesterday |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in car=Location |

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