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title: Big sister, fed up: "Shut it about the cat, Nan, it's three streets… — Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions · tree and pragmatics
description: Big sister, fed up: "Shut it about the cat, Nan, it's three streets away having a nap." Which is true? Test 3 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 choic
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# Test 3 · Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions

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Big sister, fed up: "Shut it about the cat, Nan, it's three streets away having a nap." Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat, three streets · **What happens:** feed up, shut, be, have · **To what, where:** Big sister, it, three streets, nap

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Big sister, fed up: "Shut it about the cat, Nan, it's three streets away having a nap."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t3:1
# text = Big sister, fed up: "Shut it about the cat, Nan, it's three streets away having a nap."
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
20	away	away	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	acl	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	nap	nap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed up** | participle |  | Big sister *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shut** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | it |  |  |  | about the cat | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | cat | three streets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | three streets *not said here* | a nap |  |  |  | away *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=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:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t3:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Black cats only bring bad luck on Fridays, not today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t3:o1:1
# text = Black cats only bring bad luck on Fridays, not today
1	Black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Fridays	Friday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | Black cats | bad luck |  |  | friday; today |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent luck=Theme |

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

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The cat had nothing to do with the dropped jar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t3:o2:1
# text = The cat had nothing to do with the dropped jar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the cat | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the cat *not said here* | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  | with the dropped jar | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **drop** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The cat made Nan so nervous that she dropped it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t3:o3:1
# text = The cat made Nan so nervous that she dropped it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	nervous	nervous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the cat | Nan |  |  |  | nervous *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nan=Product |
| 2 | **drop** | past | cat | it |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Jars break much more often in the hour after lunch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t3:o4:1
# text = Jars break much more often in the hour after lunch
1	Jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	break	break	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	much	much	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	often	often	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present | Jars |  |  |  | after lunch; hour | often *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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