--- title: he keeps nicking my pencils every day — Standing up for yourself, nightmares a… · tree and pragmatics description: he keeps nicking my pencils every day Test 11 · ★ of lesson 100 «Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark/t11/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Standing up for yourself, nightmares a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark he keeps nicking my pencils every day **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** keep, nick · **To what, where:** pencils This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 100 «Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark» of the everyday 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/everyday/100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t11:1 # text = he keeps nicking my pencils every day 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 nicking nick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 pencils pencil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **nick** | gerund | he *not said here* | my pencils | | | day | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Patient | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Say nothing and buy more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t11:o1:1 # text = Say nothing and buy more 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 buy buy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 2 | **buy** | infinitive | you *not said here* | more | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Take his pencils back twice so it's fair ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t11:o2:1 # text = Take his pencils back twice so it's fair 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 pencils pencil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 advmod _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take back** | imperative | you *not said here* | his pencils | | | | twice *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Say clearly "Stop, that's mine" and tell an adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t11:o3:1 # text = Say clearly "Stop, that's mine" and tell an adult 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | clearly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | mine | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a adult | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Hide all your things forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t11:o4:1 # text = Hide all your things forever 1 Hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 forever forever ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | your things | | | | forever *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | **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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