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title: Gen Alpha cousin: «nah predicting is mid, just read». Why is predict… — Prediction: what happens next · tree and pragmatics
description: Gen Alpha cousin: «nah predicting is mid, just read». Why is predicting useful? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 19 «Prediction: what happens next» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Prediction: what happens next

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Gen Alpha cousin: «nah predicting is mid, just read». Why is predicting useful?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gen cousin · **What happens:** predict, be, read

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 19 «Prediction: what happens next» of the English 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/english/19-prediction-what-happens-next/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gen Alpha cousin: «nah predicting is mid, just read».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t8:1
# text = Gen Alpha cousin: «nah predicting is mid, just read».
1	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
7	predicting	predict	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	mid	mid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **predict** *in a quote* | gerund | Gen cousin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Gen cousin |  |  |  |  | mid *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **read** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: 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 is predicting useful?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t8:2
# text = Why is predicting useful?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	predicting	predict	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **predict** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | useful *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It means you don't have to finish the book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t8:o1:1
# text = It means you don't have to finish the book
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **finish** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the book |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality book=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It keeps you thinking about the story and makes it exciting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t8:o2:1
# text = It keeps you thinking about the story and makes it exciting
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	exciting	exciting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | It | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the story | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about story=Topic |
| 3 | **make** | present |  | story |  |  |  | exciting *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's only for tests and has no use at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t8:o3:1
# text = It's only for tests and has no use at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for tests | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present |  | no use |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It lets you skip to the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t8:o4:1
# text = It lets you skip to the end
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	skip	skip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | It | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **skip** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | to the end |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to end=Destination |

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