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title: What would happen if Sophie argued for ten minutes instead of «nah,… — Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, rai… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if Sophie argued for ten minutes instead of «nah, I'm off for chips»? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 75 «Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no

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What would happen if Sophie argued for ten minutes instead of «nah, I'm off for chips»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sophie · **What happens:** happen, argue, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 75 «Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no» of the medicine 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/medicine/75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:t9:1
# text = What would happen if Sophie argued for ten minutes instead of «nah, I'm off for chips»?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	17	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	17	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	off	off	ADV	RB	_	9	nmod	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Sophie |  |  |  | minute |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Sophie |  |  |  |  | for chips; off *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They'd all agree with her at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:t9:o1:1
# text = They'd all agree with her at once
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | would | They |  |  |  |  | with her *= she*; all *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She'd win a prize for arguing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:t9:o2:1
# text = She'd win a prize for arguing
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | would | She | a prize |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The dare would get easier to do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:t9:o3:1
# text = The dare would get easier to do
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dare	dare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | the dare |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the dare *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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The pressure would grow; a quick exit works better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:t9:o4:1
# text = The pressure would grow; a quick exit works better
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	exit	exit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | would | the pressure |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **work** | present | a quick exit |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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