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title: Grandson: "Grandad, the players can't even see your socks, mate. You… — Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandson: "Grandad, the players can't even see your socks, mate. You're not on the team sheet." What is he making fun of? Test 1 of lesson 161 «Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 1 · Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions

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Grandson: "Grandad, the players can't even see your socks, mate. You're not on the team sheet." What is he making fun of?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** players, You, Grandad · **What happens:** not see, not be, make · **To what, where:** socks, team sheet, fun

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This is test 1 of lesson 161 «Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions» of the world 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/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandson: "Grandad, the players can't even see your socks, mate.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t1:1
# text = Grandson: "Grandad, the players can't even see your socks, mate.
1	Grandson	grandson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | can | the players | your socks and mate |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sock=Stimulus |

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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:* You're not on the team sheet."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t1:2
# text = You're not on the team sheet."
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | You |  |  | the team sheet |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What is he making fun of?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t1:3
# text = What is he making fun of?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · progressive | Grandad | fun |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary fun=Product |

## The options {#options}

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

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The idea that socks at home can change the score

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t1:o1:1
# text = The idea that socks at home can change the score
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
4	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | can | that | the score |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent score=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The colour red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t1:o2:1
# text = The colour red
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	red	red	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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Grandad's taste in socks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t1:o3:1
# text = Grandad's taste in socks
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** |  | Grandad |  |  | socks |  |  | nom taste «cognition transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Grandad being old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t1:o4:1
# text = Grandad being old
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	cop	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | Grandad |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

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