--- title: Mum: "Less, Tom. L-E-S-S. Not 'never'." What is the fair next step f… — Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving… · tree and pragmatics description: Mum: "Less, Tom. L-E-S-S. Not 'never'." What is the fair next step for Tom? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 189 «Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/t1/) [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/) / [Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no eithe… Mum: "Less, Tom. L-E-S-S. Not 'never'." What is the fair next step for Tom? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fair next step · **What happens:** be This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 189 «Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or» 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/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum: "Less, Tom. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t1:1 # text = Mum: "Less, Tom. 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* L-E-S-S. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t1:2 # text = L-E-S-S. 1 L l NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 E E PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 S S PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 S S PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* Not 'never'." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t1:3 # text = Not 'never'." 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 4:* What is the fair next step for Tom? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t1:4 # text = What is the fair next step for Tom? 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 6 det _ _ 4 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the fair next step for Tom | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Argue about how much less ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t1:o1:1 # text = Argue about how much less 1 Argue argue VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about less=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Say she wants him to have no fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t1:o2:1 # text = Say she wants him to have no fun 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **want** | present | she | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | no fun | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stop talking to her for a week ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t1:o3:1 # text = Stop talking to her for a week 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | week | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Spell "never" back at her ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t1:o4:1 # text = Spell "never" back at her 1 Spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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