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title: Nan in Liverpool: "Don't you get smart with me, missy, dry that hair… — "How do you know?" · tree and pragmatics
description: Nan in Liverpool: "Don't you get smart with me, missy, dry that hair or you'll catch your death." What is the truth? Test 11 of lesson 186 «"How do you know?"» 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 
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# Test 11 · "How do you know?"

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Nan in Liverpool: "Don't you get smart with me, missy, dry that hair or you'll catch your death." What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, your, truth · **What happens:** do, not get, catch, die, be · **To what, where:** missy, death

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This is test 11 of lesson 186 «"How do you know?"» 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/186-how-do-you-know/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nan in Liverpool: "Don't you get smart with me, missy, dry that hair or you'll catch your death."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t11:1
# text = Nan in Liverpool: "Don't you get smart with me, missy, dry that hair or you'll catch your death."
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	missy	missy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
23	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | missy |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | smart *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **catch** *in a quote* | future | you | your death |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme |
| 4 | **die** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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 is the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t11:2
# text = What is the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Colds come from viruses; drying your hair is just nicer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t11:o1:1
# text = Colds come from viruses; drying your hair is just nicer
1	Colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	drying	dry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	nicer	nice	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Colds |  |  | viruses |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from virus=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **dry** | gerund |  | your hair |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient hair=Result |
| 3 | **is** | present | drying |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wet hair always gives you a cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t11:o2:1
# text = Wet hair always gives you a cold
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Wet hair | a cold | you |  |  | always *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient cold=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wet hair makes cold viruses grow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t11:o3:1
# text = Wet hair makes cold viruses grow
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Wet hair |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | cold viruses |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nan is wrong, so never dry your hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t11:o4:1
# text = Nan is wrong, so never dry your hair
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	dry	dry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nan |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **dry** | infinitive | Nan *not said here* | your hair |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient hair=Result |

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