--- title: Your Irish auntie says "Would you ever pass the salt, love?" What sh… — Kinds of sentences: statements, questi… · tree and pragmatics description: Your Irish auntie says "Would you ever pass the salt, love?" What should you do? Test 4 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mov --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, excla… Your Irish auntie says "Would you ever pass the salt, love?" What should you do? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Irish auntie, you · **What happens:** say, pass, do · **To what, where:** salt · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your Irish auntie says "Would you ever pass the salt, love?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t4:1 # text = Your Irish auntie says "Would you ever pass the salt, love?" 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 auntie auntie 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 `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 9 advmod _ _ 9 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Your Irish auntie | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **pass** *in a quote* | would | you | the salt and love | | | ever | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme salt=Trajectory | 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:* What should you do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t4:2 # text = What should you do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do 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 | **do** | should | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Explain where the salt is ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t4:o1:1 # text = Explain where the salt is 1 Explain explain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 1 ccomp _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the salt | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ask what "ever" means first ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t4:o2:1 # text = Ask what "ever" means first 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | ever | first *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Pass the salt ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t4:o3:1 # text = Pass the salt 1 Pass pass VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | imperative | you *not said here* | the salt | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme salt=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Say "maybe one day" ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t4:o4:1 # text = Say "maybe one day" 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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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