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title: Dad mutters: "grand debate, the craic was mighty, but sure nobody an… — Debates and rows on chat shows · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad mutters: "grand debate, the craic was mighty, but sure nobody answered a thing" (craic = fun). What is he noticing? Test 2 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 2 · Debates and rows on chat shows

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Dad mutters: "grand debate, the craic was mighty, but sure nobody answered a thing" (craic = fun). What is he noticing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, craic, nobody · **What happens:** mutter, be, answer, notice · **To what, where:** grand debate, thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» of the politics 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/politics/11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad mutters: "grand debate, the craic was mighty, but sure nobody answered a thing" (craic = fun).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t2:1
# text = Dad mutters: "grand debate, the craic was mighty, but sure nobody answered a thing" (craic = fun).
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mutters	mutter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	debate	debate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	craic	craic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
15	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	16	nsubj	_	_
16	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	craic	craic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
22	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	23	punct	_	_
23	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | present | Dad | grand debate |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the craic |  |  |  |  | mighty *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | nobody | a thing |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |

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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 is he noticing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t2:2
# text = What is he noticing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	noticing	notice	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | present · progressive | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The debate was boring and quiet, with nobody saying anything at all for an hour

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t2:o1:1
# text = The debate was boring and quiet, with nobody saying anything at all for an hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	debate	debate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
10	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the debate |  |  |  |  | boring *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the debate *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | nobody | anything |  | all | hour |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The moderator answered for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t2:o2:1
# text = The moderator answered for them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moderator	moderator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the moderator |  |  |  |  | for them *= they* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Everyone gave long careful answers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t2:o3:1
# text = Everyone gave long careful answers
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Everyone | long careful answers |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |

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

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The show was lively but the questions were not really answered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t2:o4:1
# text = The show was lively but the questions were not really answered
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	lively	lively	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	answered	answer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the show |  |  |  |  | lively *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | the questions |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Eventuality |

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