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description: Auntie: "Unless he's got a very long arm, check the car." What does she mean? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 162 «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» 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 wr
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# Test 8 · ★ · Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home

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Auntie: "Unless he's got a very long arm, check the car." What does she mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he, she · **What happens:** get, check, mean · **To what, where:** long arm, car

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 162 «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» 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/162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Auntie: "Unless he's got a very long arm, check the car."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t8:1
# text = Auntie: "Unless he's got a very long arm, check the car."
1	Auntie	auntie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
13	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · passive | he | a long arm |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Stimulus |
| 2 | **check** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the car |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme |

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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:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t8:2
# 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The window cleaner has very long arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t8:o1:1
# text = The window cleaner has very long arms
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the window cleaner | long arms |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The window cleaner was in another street, so look elsewhere first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t8:o2:1
# text = The window cleaner was in another street, so look elsewhere first
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
11	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the window cleaner |  |  | another street |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | elsewhere, first *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Window cleaners always hide the wallets they take inside people's cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t8:o3:1
# text = Window cleaners always hide the wallets they take inside people's cars
1	Window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	cleaners	cleaner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wallets	wallet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | Window cleaners | the wallets |  | people's cars |  | always *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wallet=Patient inside car=Location |
| 2 | **take** | present | cleaners *= cleaner* | the wallets *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wallet=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dev left his wallet on a car roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t8:o4:1
# text = Dev left his wallet on a car roof
1	Dev	Dev	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	wallet	wallet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | Dev | Dev's wallet |  | a car roof |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wallet=Theme on roof=Location |

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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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