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title: Ruby insists peanuts are nuts because of the name. What's a fun way… — Friends who cling to a legend · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby insists peanuts are nuts because of the name. What's a fun way to settle it? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Friends who cling to a legend» 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Friends who cling to a legend

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Ruby insists peanuts are nuts because of the name. What's a fun way to settle it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ruby, peanuts · **What happens:** insist, be, settle · **To what, where:** nuts, fun way, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Friends who cling to a legend» 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/31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby insists peanuts are nuts because of the name.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t4:1
# text = Ruby insists peanuts are nuts because of the name.
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	insists	insist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	peanuts	peanut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	_
6	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | present | Ruby |  |  |  |  | because the name | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | peanuts | nuts |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's a fun way to settle it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t4:2
# text = What's a fun way to settle it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fun	fun	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a fun way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **settle** | to-infinitive |  | way |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Show her they grow underground like beans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t4:o1:1
# text = Show her they grow underground like beans
1	Show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	underground	underground	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **grow** | present | they |  |  |  |  | like beans; underground *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Say it doesn't matter at all and just walk off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t4:o2:1
# text = Say it doesn't matter at all and just walk off
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | it |  |  | all |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **walk off** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bet her lunch on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t4:o3:1
# text = Bet her lunch on it
1	Bet	bet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bet** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* | lunch |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tell her names are always lies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t4:o4:1
# text = Tell her names are always lies
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | her names | lies |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **name** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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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