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Test 1 of lesson 14 «Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics/t1/) [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/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics/) / t1 # Test 1 · Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics Kai jumps when Dad yells "That's rubbish!" Dad says: "Sorry, mate, not you." What should Kai understand? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kai, Dad, That · **What happens:** jump, yell, be, say, understand · **To what, where:** rubbish · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 14 «Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics» 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/14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kai jumps when Dad yells "That's rubbish!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t1:1 # text = Kai jumps when Dad yells "That's rubbish!" 1 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jumps jump VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 4 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 yells yell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | present | Kai | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | present | Dad | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | rubbish | | | | | 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:* Dad says: "Sorry, mate, not you." ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t1:2 # text = Dad says: "Sorry, mate, not you." 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Sorry sorry INTJ UH _ 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | *Sentence 3:* What should Kai understand? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t1:3 # text = What should Kai understand? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | should | Kai | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Kai did something wrong and Dad is too polite to say it ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t1:o1:1 # text = Kai did something wrong and Dad is too polite to say it 1 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 csubj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Kai | something | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | present | Dad | | | | | polite *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | it | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Dad is venting at the news, not cross with Kai ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t1:o2:1 # text = Dad is venting at the news, not cross with Kai 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 venting vent VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 cross cross VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vent** | present · progressive | Dad | | | the news | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **cross** | infinitive | | | | | | with Kai | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Dad wants Kai to shout at the TV with him ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t1:o3:1 # text = Dad wants Kai to shout at the TV with him 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 shout shout VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | Dad | Kai | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Kai *not said here* | | | the TV | | with Dad | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The TV heard Dad and will change the news ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t1:o4:1 # text = The TV heard Dad and will change the news 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the TV | Dad | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus | | 2 | **change** | future | the TV *not said here* | the news | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Patient | **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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