--- title: Callum's sister: "Aye, the shoes sat the test for him." What is she… — Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions · tree and pragmatics description: Callum's sister: "Aye, the shoes sat the test for him." What is she doing? Test 11 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/) / t11 # Test 11 · Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions Callum's sister: "Aye, the shoes sat the test for him." What is she doing? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister · **What happens:** sit, do · **To what, where:** test This is test 11 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Callum's sister: "Aye, the shoes sat the test for him." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t11:1 # text = Callum's sister: "Aye, the shoes sat the test for him." 1 Callum Callum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Aye aye INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** *in a quote* | past | Callum's sister | the test | | | | for Callum | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location test=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is she doing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t11:2 # text = What is she doing? 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 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · progressive | sister | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Praising Gran's new shoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t11:o1:1 # text = Praising Gran's new shoes 1 Praising praise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **praise** | gerund | | Gran's new shoes | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Saying shoes really can take tests ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t11:o2:1 # text = Saying shoes really can take tests 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 csubj _ _ 2 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 tests test NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | shoes | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent shoe=Topic | | 2 | **take** | can | Saying | tests | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Being sarcastic about Gran's reasoning ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t11:o3:1 # text = Being sarcastic about Gran's reasoning 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 cop _ _ 2 sarcastic sarcastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 reasoning reasoning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | about Gran's reasoning; sarcastic *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reason** | | Gran | | | | | | nom reasoning «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Calling her brother stupid ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t11:o4:1 # text = Calling her brother stupid 1 Calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | gerund | | | her brother | | | stupid *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient | **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. 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