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title: "don't have a cow, it's just a hamster" — the twins keep repeating t… — Arguing politely and never calling names · tree and pragmatics
description: "don't have a cow, it's just a hamster" — the twins keep repeating themselves louder. What is the teacher's best question? Test 4 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Arguing politely and never calling names

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"don't have a cow, it's just a hamster" — the twins keep repeating themselves louder. What is the teacher's best question?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, it, twins, best question, teacher · **What happens:** not have, be, keep, repeat, question · **To what, where:** cow, hamster, twins · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "don't have a cow, it's just a hamster" — the twins keep repeating themselves louder.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t4:1
# text = "don't have a cow, it's just a hamster" — the twins keep repeating themselves louder.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
18	repeating	repeat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	xcomp	_	_
19	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	18	obj	_	_
20	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | a cow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a hamster |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** | present | the twins |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **repeat** | gerund | the twins *not said here* | twins *= twin* |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=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 the teacher's best question?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t4:2
# text = What is the teacher's best question?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the teacher's best question |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **question** |  | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Who can shout the loudest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t4:o1:1
# text = Who can shout the loudest?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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

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What do you both agree on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t4:o2:1
# text = What do you both agree on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	both	both	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  | both *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Who is the stupidest here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t4:o3:1
# text = Who is the stupidest here?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stupidest	stupid	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	1	nsubj	_	_
5	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the stupidest |  |  | here |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Why don't you both give up?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t4:o4:1
# text = Why don't you both give up?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	both	both	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give up** | present | you |  |  |  |  | both *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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