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title: Tom's gran from Cork says, "Ah, yer man who lost that phone is proba… — Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tom's gran from Cork says, "Ah, yer man who lost that phone is probably in bits." ("Yer man" means that person; "in bits" means very upset.) What does she want Tom to see? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 16 «Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean» of the reflection course of Mova's primary sc
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# Test 11 · ★ · Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean

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Tom's gran from Cork says, "Ah, yer man who lost that phone is probably in bits." ("Yer man" means that person; "in bits" means very upset.) What does she want Tom to see?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gran, man, bits, person, Tom · **What happens:** say, lose, be, mean, want, see · **To what, where:** phone, bits, person, Tom · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 16 «Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean» of the reflection 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/reflection/16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tom's gran from Cork says, "Ah, yer man who lost that phone is probably in bits."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:t11:1
# text = Tom's gran from Cork says, "Ah, yer man who lost that phone is probably in bits."
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Cork	Cork	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	yer	yer	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tom's gran from Cork |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lose** *in a quote* | past | yer's man | that phone |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | yer's man |  |  | bits |  | probably *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:* ("Yer man" means that person; "in bits" means very upset.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:t11:2
# text = ("Yer man" means that person; "in bits" means very upset.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Yer	yer	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	very	very	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Yer's man | that person |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | bits |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What does she want Tom to see?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:t11:3
# text = What does she want Tom to see?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	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	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present · do-support | person | Tom |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Tom *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The owner doesn't care, so Tom should keep the phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:t11:o1:1
# text = The owner doesn't care, so Tom should keep the phone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | the owner |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **keep** | should | Tom | the phone |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tom should sell the phone and then give all of the money away to charity

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:t11:o2:1
# text = Tom should sell the phone and then give all of the money away to charity
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | should | Tom | the phone |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | infinitive | Tom *not said here* | all |  |  | then | away *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The owner is probably upset, so the phone should go back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:t11:o3:1
# text = The owner is probably upset, so the phone should go back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the owner |  |  |  |  | probably, upset *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go back** | should | the phone |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The phone is broken into bits and is worth nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:t11:o4:1
# text = The phone is broken into bits and is worth nothing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · passive |  | the phone |  |  |  | into bits *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into bit=Result |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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