--- title: Kofi gets cross: "My dad says tomatoes are veg!" What should you NOT… — Friends who cling to a legend · tree and pragmatics description: Kofi gets cross: "My dad says tomatoes are veg!" What should you NOT do? Test 8 · ★★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend/t8/) [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/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Friends who cling to a legend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Friends who cling to a legend Kofi gets cross: "My dad says tomatoes are veg!" What should you NOT do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kofi, dad, tomatoes, you · **What happens:** get, say, be, not do · **To what, where:** cross, veg · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kofi gets cross: "My dad says tomatoes are veg!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t8:1 # text = Kofi gets cross: "My dad says tomatoes are veg!" 1 Kofi Kofi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 tomatoes tomato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 veg veg NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | Kofi | cross | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present | My dad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | tomatoes | veg | | | | | tree rules | 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 NOT do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t8:2 # text = What should you NOT do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 NOT not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | should | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Say scientists call them fruit ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t8:o1:1 # text = Say scientists call them fruit 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **call** | present | scientists | them *= they* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Say his dad doesn't know anything ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t8:o2:1 # text = Say his dad doesn't know anything 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 7 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | 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** **know** | present · do-support | his dad | anything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Say cooks really do call them veg ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t8:o3:1 # text = Say cooks really do call them veg 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 cooks cook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 veg veg NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **call** | present · do-support | cooks | them *= they* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Say you're both sort of right ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t8:o4:1 # text = Say you're both sort of right 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 both both ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | 2 | **is a** | present | you | both sort | | | | of right | tree rules | **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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