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title: The glass slides across the spirit board and spells a name. Is a spi… — Sleepovers and spooky stories · tree and pragmatics
description: The glass slides across the spirit board and spells a name. Is a spirit moving it? Test 6 of lesson 26 «Sleepovers and spooky stories» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · Sleepovers and spooky stories

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The glass slides across the spirit board and spells a name. Is a spirit moving it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** glass · **What happens:** slide, spell, be, move · **To what, where:** spirit board, name, spirit

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This is test 6 of lesson 26 «Sleepovers and spooky stories» of the myths 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/myths/26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The glass slides across the spirit board and spells a name.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t6:1
# text = The glass slides across the spirit board and spells a name.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slides	slide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	spells	spell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | present | the glass |  |  | the spirit board |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across board=Trajectory |
| 2 | **spell** | present | the glass *not said here* | a name |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |

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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:* Is a spirit moving it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t6:2
# text = Is a spirit moving it?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	csubj	_	_
4	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a spirit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | gerund |  | spirit |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, that's how spirits talk to us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, that's how spirits talk to us
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	talk	talk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  | us |  |  | talk *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only if everyone is very quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t6:o2:1
# text = Only if everyone is very quiet
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | everyone |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only if the lights are off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t6:o3:1
# text = Only if the lights are off
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	off	off	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | off *property* | tree rules |

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

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No, tiny unnoticed movements of people's fingers move it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t6:o4:1
# text = No, tiny unnoticed movements of people's fingers move it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	unnoticed	unnoticed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	movements	movement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | tiny unnoticed movements of people's fingers | it |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **move** |  |  | people's fingers |  |  |  |  | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient |

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