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description: Little brother, about the dog dying in the film: "Lily's crying, what a baby lol." Put him right. Test 10 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 10 · Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, stre…

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Little brother, about the dog dying in the film: "Lily's crying, what a baby lol." Put him right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog, Lily, Little brother, you · **What happens:** die, cry, lol, put · **To what, where:** Lily

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This is test 10 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» of the adult life 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/adult-life/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Little brother, about the dog dying in the film: "Lily's crying, what a baby lol."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:t10:1
# text = Little brother, about the dog dying in the film: "Lily's crying, what a baby lol."
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	dying	die	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	lol	lol	NOUN	NN	_	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | gerund | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the film | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in film=Attribute |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present · progressive | Lily |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lol** *in a quote* |  | Little brother and the dog and a baby lol |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Put him right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:t10:2
# text = Put him right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Lily |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lily is crying because she is hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:t10:o1:1
# text = Lily is crying because she is hungry
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present · progressive | Lily |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Lily |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's fine to laugh at people who cry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:t10:o2:1
# text = It's fine to laugh at people who cry
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	cry	cry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | at people | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Crying at a sad film is normal and shows you care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:t10:o3:1
# text = Crying at a sad film is normal and shows you care
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	care	care	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  | a sad film |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at film=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | Crying |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **show** | present | Crying *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **care** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He's right, only babies cry at films about dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:t10:o4:1
# text = He's right, only babies cry at films about dogs
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cry	cry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | babies |  |  | films about dogs |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at film=Location |

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