--- title: Mum: "Grandma's been sitting for 75 years. She's basically a sitting… — Check the claim, not the person · tree and pragmatics description: Mum: "Grandma's been sitting for 75 years. She's basically a sitting expert." Joke aside, how should you judge Grandma's advice? 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Joke aside, how should you judge Grandma's advice? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandma, you · **What happens:** sit, be, joke, judge · **To what, where:** sitting expert, advice This is test 4 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» 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/188-check-the-claim-not-the-person/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum: "Grandma's been sitting for 75 years. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t4:1 # text = Mum: "Grandma's been sitting for 75 years. 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Grandma Grandma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux _ _ 7 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 75 75 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Grandma | | | | year | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* She's basically a sitting expert." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t4:2 # text = She's basically a sitting expert." 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 basically basically ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 expert expert NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | Grandma | a sitting expert | | | | basically *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Joke aside, how should you judge Grandma's advice? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t4:3 # text = Joke aside, how should you judge Grandma's advice? 1 Joke joke VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 aside aside ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 8 Grandma Grandma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **joke** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | aside *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **judge** | should | you | Grandma's advice | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent advice=Value | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Ask the youngest person in the house instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t4:o1:1 # text = Ask the youngest person in the house instead 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 instead instead ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | the youngest person | the house | | instead *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Accept it because she is old ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t4:o2:1 # text = Accept it because she is old 1 Accept accept VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Reject it because she is old ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t4:o3:1 # text = Reject it because she is old 1 Reject reject VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reject** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Check the claim against the evidence ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t4:o4:1 # text = Check the claim against the evidence 1 Check check VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | the claim | | | | against the evidence | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme | **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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