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title: Ruby's nan from Scotland says, "Dinnae sit greetin' on yer own, hen,… — Left out: the party, the new school, t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby's nan from Scotland says, "Dinnae sit greetin' on yer own, hen, join a club." ("Dinnae" means don't; "greetin'" means crying; "hen" is a kind word for a girl.) What's the advice? Test 10 of lesson 21 «Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel» of the reflection course of Mova's prima
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# Test 10 · Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel

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Ruby's nan from Scotland says, "Dinnae sit greetin' on yer own, hen, join a club." ("Dinnae" means don't; "greetin'" means crying; "hen" is a kind word for a girl.) What's the advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nan, Dinnae, greetin, hen, advice · **What happens:** say, sit, join, mean, not do, cry · **To what, where:** greetin, own, club, kind word · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 21 «Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel» 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/21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby's nan from Scotland says, "Dinnae sit greetin' on yer own, hen, join a club."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t10:1
# text = Ruby's nan from Scotland says, "Dinnae sit greetin' on yer own, hen, join a club."
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Scotland	Scotland	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	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Dinnae	Dinnae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	dep	_	_
10	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
11	greetin	greetin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	yer	yer	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ruby's nan from Scotland |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sit** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | greetin |  | yer's own |  | hen *obl* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent greetin=Theme on own=Location |
| 3 | **join** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a club |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient |

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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:* ("Dinnae" means don't; "greetin'" means crying; "hen" is a kind word for a girl.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t10:2
# text = ("Dinnae" means don't; "greetin'" means crying; "hen" is a kind word for a girl.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Dinnae	Dinnae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	greetin	greetin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
13	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
14	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
23	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Dinnae |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **do** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** | present | greetin |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is a** | present | hen | a kind word |  |  |  | for a girl | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the advice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t10:3
# text = What's the advice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 advice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Join a club only if her friend says yes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t10:o1:1
# text = Join a club only if her friend says yes
1	Join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | infinitive |  | a club |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | her friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cry as much as she can to get it out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t10:o2:1
# text = Cry as much as she can to get it out
1	Cry	cry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | much |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Topic |
| 2 | **get out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stay on her own until her friend comes back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t10:o3:1
# text = Stay on her own until her friend comes back
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | her own |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Location |
| 2 | **come back** | present | her friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Join a club while her friend is off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t10:o4:1
# text = Join a club while her friend is off
1	Join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	off	off	ADV	RB	_	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | imperative | you *not said here* | a club |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | her friend |  |  |  |  | off *property* | tree rules |

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