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title: Sofia: "So if I'm unlucky it's the broom, and if I'm lucky it's also… — Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions · tree and pragmatics
description: Sofia: "So if I'm unlucky it's the broom, and if I'm lucky it's also the broom?" What trap has she spotted? Test 6 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 
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# Test 6 · Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions

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Sofia: "So if I'm unlucky it's the broom, and if I'm lucky it's also the broom?" What trap has she spotted?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Sofia, trap · **What happens:** be, have, spot · **To what, where:** Sofia, broom

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sofia: "So if I'm unlucky it's the broom, and if I'm lucky it's also the broom?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t6:1
# text = Sofia: "So if I'm unlucky it's the broom, and if I'm lucky it's also the broom?"
1	Sofia	sofia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	So	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	broom	broom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
15	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	advcl	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
21	also	also	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	broom	broom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | Sofia *not said here* |  |  |  | unlucky *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Sofia | the broom |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | lucky *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Sofia | the broom |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 trap has she spotted?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t6:2
# text = What trap has she spotted?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	spotted	spot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | what trap |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spot** | participle | trap |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Brooms work quite differently in the daytime than at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t6:o1:1
# text = Brooms work quite differently in the daytime than at night
1	Brooms	broom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	differently	differently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	daytime	daytime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Brooms |  |  |  | night | in the daytime; differently *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in daytime=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sweeping at night is actually lucky after all, not unlucky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t6:o2:1
# text = Sweeping at night is actually lucky after all, not unlucky
1	Sweeping	sweep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep** | gerund |  |  |  |  | night |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Sweeping |  |  |  | after all | actually, lucky *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **be** |  | Sweeping *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Finding money on the floor is always a sign of good luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t6:o3:1
# text = Finding money on the floor is always a sign of good luck
1	Finding	find	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | gerund |  | money |  | the floor |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Finding | a sign |  |  |  | of good luck; always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A rule that fits every result and so explains nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t6:o4:1
# text = A rule that fits every result and so explains nothing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
9	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | a rule | every result |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Patient |
| 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | a rule | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

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