--- title: Max's sister: "I made a poster saying I'm queen of the house. Doesn'… — "How do you know?" · tree and pragmatics description: Max's sister: "I made a poster saying I'm queen of the house. Doesn't make me queen, Max." What is her point? Test 8 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/186-how-do-you-know/t8/) [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/) / ["How do you know?"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/186-how-do-you-know/) / t8 # Test 8 · "How do you know?" Max's sister: "I made a poster saying I'm queen of the house. Doesn't make me queen, Max." What is her point? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister, poster · **What happens:** make, say, be, not make · **To what, where:** poster, queen, me, point · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Max's sister: "I made a poster saying I'm queen of the house. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t8:1 # text = Max's sister: "I made a poster saying I'm queen of the house. 1 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 poster poster NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | past | Max's sister | a poster | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poster=Product | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | a poster *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a poster *= poster* | queen | | | | of the house | 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:* Doesn't make me queen, Max." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t8:2 # text = Doesn't make me queen, Max." 1 Does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make** | present · do-support | | me | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product | *Sentence 3:* What is her point? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t8:3 # text = What is her point? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Max's point | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Only queens can make posters ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t8:o1:1 # text = Only queens can make posters 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 posters poster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | can | queens | posters | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poster=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Posters always tell the truth, because someone printed them ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t8:o2:1 # text = Posters always tell the truth, because someone printed them 1 Posters poster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 nsubj _ _ 9 printed print VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Posters | the truth | | | | always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | | 2 | **print** | past | someone | Posters *= poster* | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Max is the king of the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t8:o3:1 # text = Max is the king of the house 1 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Max | the king | | | | of the house | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Anyone can make a poster; ask who and why ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t8:o4:1 # text = Anyone can make a poster; ask who and why 1 Anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 poster poster NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 7 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | can | Anyone | a poster | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poster=Product | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | Anyone *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent who=Recipient | **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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