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title: Nan: "Aye, and I suppose my slippers won the cup in '86." What does… — Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions · tree and pragmatics
description: Nan: "Aye, and I suppose my slippers won the cup in '86." What does she mean? Test 2 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 right.
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# Test 2 · Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions

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Nan: "Aye, and I suppose my slippers won the cup in '86." What does she mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, slippers, she · **What happens:** suppose, win, mean · **To what, where:** cup, 86 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nan: "Aye, and I suppose my slippers won the cup in '86."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t2:1
# text = Nan: "Aye, and I suppose my slippers won the cup in '86."
1	Nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	suppose	suppose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	appos	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	slippers	slipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	86	86	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suppose** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **win** *in a quote* | past | my slippers | the cup |  | 86 |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Eventuality |

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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:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions: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 | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She really believes her slippers helped her team win the cup back then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t2:o1:1
# text = She really believes her slippers helped her team win the cup back then
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	slippers	slipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **help** | past | her slippers |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **win back** | present | team | the cup |  |  | then |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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By the same logic any old thing could win a match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t2:o2:1
# text = By the same logic any old thing could win a match
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	logic	logic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | could | any old thing | a match |  |  |  | by the same logic | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Slippers are luckier than socks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t2:o3:1
# text = Slippers are luckier than socks
1	Slippers	slipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	luckier	lucky	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Slippers |  |  |  |  | than socks; lucky *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She played in the cup final in 1986

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t2:o4:1
# text = She played in the cup final in 1986
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	final	final	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1986	1986	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | She |  |  | the cup final |  | in 1986 | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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