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Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 183 «Sounds right, but is wrong» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Sounds right, but is wrong](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Sounds right, but is wrong Jamal's mum: "You don't get extra birthdays for being the oldest, love." When Jamal is 30, how old will his brother be? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, Jamal, brother · **What happens:** not get, be · **To what, where:** extra birthdays, 30 This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 183 «Sounds right, but is wrong» 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/183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jamal's mum: "You don't get extra birthdays for being the oldest, love." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t9:1 # text = Jamal's mum: "You don't get extra birthdays for being the oldest, love." 1 Jamal Jamal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 appos _ _ 10 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 birthdays birthday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | present · do-support | You | extra birthdays | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer birthday=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | for the oldest love | 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:* When Jamal is 30, how old will his brother be? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t9:2 # text = When Jamal is 30, how old will his brother be? 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 Jamal Jamal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Jamal | 30 | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | future | Jamal's brother | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 15 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t9:o1:1 # text = 15 1 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 35 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t9:o2:1 # text = 35 1 35 35 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 20 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t9:o3:1 # text = 20 1 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 25 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t9:o4:1 # text = 25 1 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 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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