--- title: Mia: "Maybe I do want it, Oliver, but did you hear my reasons? Kids… — Check the claim, not the person · tree and pragmatics description: Mia: "Maybe I do want it, Oliver, but did you hear my reasons? Kids need to run around." What should Oliver do now? 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What should Oliver do now? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, you, Kids, Oliver · **What happens:** want, hear, need, run around, do · **To what, where:** it, reasons This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mia: "Maybe I do want it, Oliver, but did you hear my reasons? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t7:1 # text = Mia: "Maybe I do want it, Oliver, but did you hear my reasons? 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | it | | | | maybe *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme oliver=Attribute | | 2 | **hear** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | my reasons | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus | 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:* Kids need to run around." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t7:2 # text = Kids need to run around." 1 Kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 around around ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | Kids | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **run around** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Kids *not said here* | | | | | around *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* What should Oliver do now? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t7:3 # text = What should Oliver do now? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | Oliver | | | | now | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Walk off without a word ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t7:o1:1 # text = Walk off without a word 1 Walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 without without ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk off** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | without a word | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Answer her reasons ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t7:o2:1 # text = Answer her reasons 1 Answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | reasons | her *= she* | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Theme reason=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Change the subject to football ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t7:o3:1 # text = Change the subject to football 1 Change change VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 football football NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | imperative | you *not said here* | the subject | | | | to football | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Call her lazy again, louder ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t7:o4:1 # text = Call her lazy again, louder 1 Call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | again | lazy *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=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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