--- title: Your brother says "every sentence starting with 'what' is a question… — Kinds of sentences: statements, questi… · tree and pragmatics description: Your brother says "every sentence starting with 'what' is a question, easy." Which sentence proves him wrong? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 7 «Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Kinds of sentences: statements, questi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, excla… Your brother says "every sentence starting with 'what' is a question, easy." Which sentence proves him wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, starting, sentence · **What happens:** say, start, be, prove · **To what, where:** question, brother · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 7 «Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations» 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/7-kinds-of-sentences/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your brother says "every sentence starting with 'what' is a question, easy." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t11:1 # text = Your brother says "every sentence starting with 'what' is a question, easy." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 7 starting start VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 csubj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **start** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | with a question | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with what=Subeventuality | | 3 | **be** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | starting | a question | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which sentence proves him wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t11:2 # text = Which sentence proves him wrong? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 proves prove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | which sentence | brother | | | | wrong *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} What a mess! ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t11:o1:1 # text = What a mess! 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mess mess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} What is your name? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t11:o2:1 # text = What is your name? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | your name | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **name** | | your | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} What did you eat? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t11:o3:1 # text = What did you eat? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · do-support | you | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} What time is it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t11:o4:1 # text = What time is it? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | what time | it | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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