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title: A little brother is sure a monster lives in his wardrobe. What will… — Standing up for yourself, nightmares a… · tree and pragmatics
description: A little brother is sure a monster lives in his wardrobe. What will most likely help? Test 8 · ★ 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 choic
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# Test 8 · ★ · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark

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A little brother is sure a monster lives in his wardrobe. What will most likely help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little brother, monster · **What happens:** be, live · **To what, where:** wardrobe

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A little brother is sure a monster lives in his wardrobe.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t8:1
# text = A little brother is sure a monster lives in his wardrobe.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a little brother |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | a monster |  |  | monster's wardrobe |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wardrobe=Location |

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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:* What will most likely help?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t8:2
# text = What will most likely help?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Locking the wardrobe so the monster cannot get out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t8:o1:1
# text = Locking the wardrobe so the monster cannot get out
1	Locking	lock	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | gerund |  | the wardrobe |  |  |  | so the monster | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wardrobe=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **get out** | can | Locking |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Telling him to stop being a baby and just go to sleep now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t8:o2:1
# text = Telling him to stop being a baby and just go to sleep now
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is a** | gerund | Telling | a baby |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | infinitive | Telling *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | Telling *not said here* |  |  |  | now |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Telling him the monster only comes out at midnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t8:o3:1
# text = Telling him the monster only comes out at midnight
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | the monster | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient monster=Topic |
| 2 | **come out** | present | Telling |  |  |  | midnight |  | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Opening it together with a torch to show it is empty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t8:o4:1
# text = Opening it together with a torch to show it is empty
1	Opening	open	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	together	together	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | with a torch; together *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with torch=Instrument |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | torch |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** | present | Opening |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |

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