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# Test 8 · Some, all, none and "not all"

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The shopkeeper: "Nice try, love. A puppy's a dog. Small, cute, very much a dog." What trick did Amy try?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** puppy, trick · **What happens:** be, try · **To what, where:** dog

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This is test 8 of lesson 185 «Some, all, none and "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/185-some-all-none-and-not-all/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The shopkeeper: "Nice try, love.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:t8:1
# text = The shopkeeper: "Nice try, love.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	try	try	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* A puppy's a dog.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:t8:2
# text = A puppy's a dog.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a puppy | a dog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Small, cute, very much a dog."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:t8:3
# text = Small, cute, very much a dog."
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cute	cute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 4:* What trick did Amy try?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:t8:4
# text = What trick did Amy try?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Amy	Amy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · do-support | what trick |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Changing a word's meaning to dodge a rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:t8:o1:1
# text = Changing a word's meaning to dodge a rule
1	Changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	dodge	dodge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | gerund |  | a word's meaning |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient |
| 2 | **dodge** | to-infinitive |  | a rule |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent rule=Location |
| 3 | **mean** |  | a word |  |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Running an "if" backwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:t8:o2:1
# text = Running an "if" backwards
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	1	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | backwards *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hearing "some" as "all" in the shop's sign

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:t8:o3:1
# text = Hearing "some" as "all" in the shop's sign
1	Hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** |  | the shop |  |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Attacking the shopkeeper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:t8:o4:1
# text = Attacking the shopkeeper
1	Attacking	attack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | gerund |  | the shopkeeper |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shopkeeper=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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