--- title: Mum: "Last time you were in wellies on a Saturday, Finn. Today you'r… — "It worked once": one example is not all · tree and pragmatics description: Mum: "Last time you were in wellies on a Saturday, Finn. Today you're in your school trousers, you absolute muppet." Who or what is she mocking? 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Who or what is she mocking? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Last time, you · **What happens:** be, muppet, mock · **To what, where:** wellies, school trousers This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 164 «"It worked once": one example is not all» 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/164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum: "Last time you were in wellies on a Saturday, Finn. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t1:1 # text = Mum: "Last time you were in wellies on a Saturday, Finn. 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 wellies welly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Saturday Saturday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Finn Finn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Last time | | | wellies | saturday | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Today you're in your school trousers, you absolute muppet." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t1:2 # text = Today you're in your school trousers, you absolute muppet." 1 Today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 trousers trousers NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 absolute absolute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 muppet muppet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | you | | | your school trousers | today | | tree rules | | 2 | **muppet** | | you | | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Who or what is she mocking? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t1:3 # text = Who or what is she mocking? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 mocking mock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mock** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The idea that last time proves today, not Finn himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t1:o1:1 # text = The idea that last time proves today, not Finn himself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl _ _ 6 proves prove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 Finn Finn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | the idea | Finn idea | | | today | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Finn's school trousers ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t1:o2:1 # text = Finn's school trousers 1 Finn Finn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 trousers trousers NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} People who wear wellies ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t1:o3:1 # text = People who wear wellies 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wear wear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 wellies welly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | present | People | wellies | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent welly=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} Saturdays ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t1:o4:1 # text = Saturdays 1 Saturdays saturday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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