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title: Priya: "Bouncy castle and 20 screaming friends, but it's the sugar?… — "How do you know?" · tree and pragmatics
description: Priya: "Bouncy castle and 20 screaming friends, but it's the sugar? Sus, Uncle." What does Priya suspect? Test 7 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 right.
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# Test 7 · "How do you know?"

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Priya: "Bouncy castle and 20 screaming friends, but it's the sugar? Sus, Uncle." What does Priya suspect?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, Priya · **What happens:** scream, be, suspect · **To what, where:** sugar

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Priya: "Bouncy castle and 20 screaming friends, but it's the sugar?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t7:1
# text = Priya: "Bouncy castle and 20 screaming friends, but it's the sugar?
1	Priya	Priya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Bouncy	bouncy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | the sugar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Sus, Uncle."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t7:2
# text = Sus, Uncle."
1	Sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What does Priya suspect?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t7:3
# text = What does Priya suspect?
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	Priya	Priya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	suspect	suspect	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 | **suspect** | present · do-support | Priya |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sugar is what makes the castles bounce so high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t7:o1:1
# text = Sugar is what makes the castles bounce so high
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	castles	castle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bounce	bounce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Sugar |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **bounce** | present | the castles |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her uncle secretly ate all the sugar himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t7:o2:1
# text = Her uncle secretly ate all the sugar himself
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | Her uncle | all sugar |  |  |  | uncle *obl*; secretly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Another cause, the party, is being missed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t7:o3:1
# text = Another cause, the party, is being missed
1	Another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	missed	miss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | present · passive |  | another cause  the party |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Her friends are made of sugar, like in the rhyme

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t7:o4:1
# text = Her friends are made of sugar, like in the rhyme
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Her friends |  |  |  | of sugar; like the rhyme | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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