--- title: Your Kiwi mate asks "Want to come to the beach? We'll grab jandals."… — Kinds of sentences: statements, questi… · tree and pragmatics description: Your Kiwi mate asks "Want to come to the beach? We'll grab jandals." You reply "Yeah nah." ("Jandals" are flip-flops.) What did you say? 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What did you say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kiwi mate, We, You, Jandals · **What happens:** ask, want, come, grab, reply, be · **To what, where:** beach, jandals, flip flops · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your Kiwi mate asks "Want to come to the beach? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t8:1 # text = Your Kiwi mate asks "Want to come to the beach? 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 Kiwi Kiwi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Your Kiwi mate | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **want** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | Your Kiwi mate *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **come** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Your Kiwi mate *not said here* | | | the beach | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to beach=Initial\_Location | 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:* We'll grab jandals." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t8:2 # text = We'll grab jandals." 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grab grab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 jandals jandal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | future | We | jandals | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jandal=Theme | *Sentence 3:* You reply "Yeah nah." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t8:3 # text = You reply "Yeah nah." 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reply reply VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 5 nah nah INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | present | You | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 4:* ("Jandals" are flip-flops.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t8:4 # text = ("Jandals" are flip-flops.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Jandals jandal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 flip flip NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 flops flop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Jandals | flip flops | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 5:* What did you say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t8:5 # text = What did you say? 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 say say 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Bring jandals for me ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t8:o1:1 # text = Bring jandals for me 1 Bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 jandals jandal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | jandals | | | | for me | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent jandal=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, softly ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t8:o2:1 # text = No, softly 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 softly softly ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Ask me again later ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t8:o3:1 # text = Ask me again later 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | me | | again | late *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, definitely ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:t8:o4:1 # text = Yes, definitely 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 definitely definitely ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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