--- title: Ella: "Where did I say that? You've been arguing with a ghost for fi… — Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving… · tree and pragmatics description: Ella: "Where did I say that? You've been arguing with a ghost for five minutes." Which trick has she spotted? 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Which trick has she spotted? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ella, You, trick · **What happens:** say, argue, have, spot · **To what, where:** that · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ella: "Where did I say that? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t2:1 # text = Ella: "Where did I say that? 1 Ella Ella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · do-support | Ella | that | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | 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:* You've been arguing with a ghost for five minutes." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t2:2 # text = You've been arguing with a ghost for five minutes." 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux _ _ 4 arguing argue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present · perfect · progressive | You | | | | minute | with a ghost | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with ghost=Co-Agent | *Sentence 3:* Which trick has she spotted? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t2:3 # text = Which trick has she spotted? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 spotted spot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | which trick | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **spot** | participle | trick | | | | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A straw man ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t2:o1:1 # text = A straw man 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A red herring ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t2:o2:1 # text = A red herring 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 herring herring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Moving the goalposts ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t2:o3:1 # text = Moving the goalposts 1 Moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 goalposts goalpost NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | gerund | | the goalposts | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent goalpost=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} An either-or ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:t2:o4:1 # text = An either-or 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 either either CCONJ CC _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ ``` 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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