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title: Freddie and Kit argue: Freddie says flies live a day, Kit says weeks… — Small creatures and creepy-crawlies · tree and pragmatics
description: Freddie and Kit argue: Freddie says flies live a day, Kit says weeks. How could they settle it? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 9 «Small creatures and creepy-crawlies» 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 wr
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# Test 10 · ★ · Small creatures and creepy-crawlies

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Freddie and Kit argue: Freddie says flies live a day, Kit says weeks. How could they settle it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Freddie, flies, Kit · **What happens:** argue, say, live, settle · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 9 «Small creatures and creepy-crawlies» 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/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Freddie and Kit argue: Freddie says flies live a day, Kit says weeks.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t10:1
# text = Freddie and Kit argue: Freddie says flies live a day, Kit says weeks.
1	Freddie	Freddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Kit	Kit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	argue	argue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	Freddie	Freddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	Kit	Kit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | Freddie and Kit |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Freddie |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **live** | present | flies |  |  |  | day |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kit |  |  |  | week |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* How could they settle it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t10:2
# text = How could they settle it?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **settle** | could | flies *= fly* | it |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Toss a coin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t10:o1:1
# text = Toss a coin
1	Toss	toss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Look up house flies and mayflies separately in an encyclopaedia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t10:o2:1
# text = Look up house flies and mayflies separately in an encyclopaedia
1	Look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	mayflies	mayfly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	separately	separately	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	encyclopaedia	encyclopaedia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look up** | imperative | you *not said here* | house flies and mayflies |  | a encyclopaedia |  | separately *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fly=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whoever shouts loudest wins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t10:o3:1
# text = Whoever shouts loudest wins
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	wins	win	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | Whoever | loudest wins |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent win=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Catch a fly and keep it in a jar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t10:o4:1
# text = Catch a fly and keep it in a jar
1	Catch	catch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | imperative | you *not said here* | a fly |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | fly |  | a jar |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in jar=Location |

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