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title: Kyle's brother says "you were wicked good after" ("wicked" means ver… — Being bad at something and keeping going · tree and pragmatics
description: Kyle's brother says "you were wicked good after" ("wicked" means very). Why did nobody notice the dropped stick? Test 6 of lesson 37 «Being bad at something and keeping going» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 6 · Being bad at something and keeping going

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Kyle's brother says "you were wicked good after" ("wicked" means very). Why did nobody notice the dropped stick?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, you, wicked, nobody · **What happens:** say, be, mean, notice, drop · **To what, where:** dropped stick · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 37 «Being bad at something and keeping going» of the arts 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/arts/37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kyle's brother says "you were wicked good after" ("wicked" means very).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t6:1
# text = Kyle's brother says "you were wicked good after" ("wicked" means very).
1	Kyle	Kyle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
17	very	very	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kyle's brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | you |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present | wicked |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Why did nobody notice the dropped stick?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t6:2
# text = Why did nobody notice the dropped stick?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
4	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past · do-support | nobody | the dropped stick |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer stick=Stimulus |
| 2 | **drop** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The stick was invisible under the lights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t6:o1:1
# text = The stick was invisible under the lights
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the stick |  |  | the lights |  | invisible *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Slips are always seen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t6:o2:1
# text = Slips are always seen
1	Slips	slip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · passive |  | Slips |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He kept playing and the music did not stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t6:o3:1
# text = He kept playing and the music did not stop
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **stop** | past · do-support | the music |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Everyone in the hall had their eyes shut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t6:o4:1
# text = Everyone in the hall had their eyes shut
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Everyone | their eyes |  |  |  | shut *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

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