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title: «Me nan says she's had a good innings, is she on about cricket?» ask… — Living well because life is short · tree and pragmatics
description: «Me nan says she's had a good innings, is she on about cricket?» asks a lad in Yorkshire. What does she mean? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 76 «Living well because life is short» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Living well because life is short

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«Me nan says she's had a good innings, is she on about cricket?» asks a lad in Yorkshire. What does she mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Me nan, nan, lad · **What happens:** say on, have, ask, mean · **To what, where:** good innings · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 76 «Living well because life is short» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/76-living-well-because-life-is-short/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Me nan says she's had a good innings, is she on about cricket?» asks a lad in Yorkshire.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t2:1
# text = «Me nan says she's had a good innings, is she on about cricket?» asks a lad in Yorkshire.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	compound	_	_
3	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	innings	inning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
19	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say on** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Me nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present · passive | nan | a good innings |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inning=Patient |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a lad |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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 does she mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t2:2
# text = What does she mean?
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	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **mean** | present · do-support | nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She's about to go into hospital

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t2:o1:1
# text = She's about to go into hospital
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  | hospital |  | about, go *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She used to play cricket for England when she was a young woman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t2:o2:1
# text = She used to play cricket for England when she was a young woman
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | cricket |  |  |  | for England | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent cricket=Theme for england=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is a** | past | England | a young woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She's had a long, full life she's happy with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t2:o3:1
# text = She's had a long, full life she's happy with
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · passive | She | a long full life |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She wants to watch the cricket now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t2:o4:1
# text = She wants to watch the cricket now
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the cricket |  |  | now |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cricket=Theme |

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