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title: After a row, Amira gives her friend a cwtch and says, "We both want… — Arguing politely and never calling names · tree and pragmatics
description: After a row, Amira gives her friend a cwtch and says, "We both want what's best for the hamster." What has she found? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Arguing politely and never calling names» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Arguing politely and never calling names

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After a row, Amira gives her friend a cwtch and says, "We both want what's best for the hamster." What has she found?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Amira, We · **What happens:** give, say, want, be, find · **To what, where:** cwtch, friend · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Arguing politely and never calling names» 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/39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* After a row, Amira gives her friend a cwtch and says, "We both want what's best for the hamster."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t12:1
# text = After a row, Amira gives her friend a cwtch and says, "We both want what's best for the hamster."
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	Amira	Amira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	iobj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cwtch	cwtch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	both	both	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	obj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Amira | a cwtch | Amira's friend |  | after a row |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient cwtch=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Amira *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **want** *in a quote* | present | We |  |  |  |  | both *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | for the hamster; good *property* | 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 has she found?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t12:2
# text = What has she found?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|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 | **find** | present · perfect | Amira |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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Common ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t12:o1:1
# text = Common ground
1	Common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A secret ballot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t12:o2:1
# text = A secret ballot
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ballot	ballot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A stereotype

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t12:o3:1
# text = A stereotype
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stereotype	stereotype	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A strawman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t12:o4:1
# text = A strawman
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strawman	strawman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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