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title: Ellie says, "Absolute weapon of a plan, Dad," about skipping floor 1… — Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions · tree and pragmatics
description: Ellie says, "Absolute weapon of a plan, Dad," about skipping floor 13. What does she mean? Test 7 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 7 · Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions

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Ellie says, "Absolute weapon of a plan, Dad," about skipping floor 13. What does she mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ellie · **What happens:** say, skip, mean · **To what, where:** Absolute weapon, floor · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ellie says, "Absolute weapon of a plan, Dad," about skipping floor 13.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t7:1
# text = Ellie says, "Absolute weapon of a plan, Dad," about skipping floor 13.
1	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Absolute	absolute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	weapon	weapon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	_
14	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	skipping	skip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
16	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ellie | Absolute weapon of a plan |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent weapon=Topic |
| 2 | **skip** | gerund | Ellie *not said here* | floor |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floor=Agent |

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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:t7:2
# 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 | Ellie |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She wants to sleep on floor 12 instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t7:o1:1
# text = She wants to sleep on floor 12 instead
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | floor |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floor=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's a brilliant plan and she is impressed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t7:o2:1
# text = It's a brilliant plan and she is impressed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	impressed	impressed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a brilliant plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | impressed *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The plan is dangerous, like a weapon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t7:o3:1
# text = The plan is dangerous, like a weapon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	weapon	weapon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the plan |  |  |  |  | like a weapon; dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It's a silly plan, because a new number doesn't change the floor

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t7:o4:1
# text = It's a silly plan, because a new number doesn't change the floor
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a silly plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **change** | present · do-support | a new number | the floor |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floor=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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