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title: Leo's suddenly way taller than everyone n Kai keeps saying it's cos… — Growing up, honesty and manners · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo's suddenly way taller than everyone n Kai keeps saying it's cos he's on growth pills, everyone's saying it. what's likely true Test 18 · ★ of lesson 104 «Growing up, honesty and manners» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 18 · ★ · Growing up, honesty and manners

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Leo's suddenly way taller than everyone n Kai keeps saying it's cos he's on growth pills, everyone's saying it. what's likely true

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** n, way, everyone · **What happens:** keep, say, be · **To what, where:** way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 104 «Growing up, honesty and manners» 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/104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners:t18:1
# text = Leo's suddenly way taller than everyone n Kai keeps saying it's cos he's on growth pills, everyone's saying it. what's likely true
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
8	n	n	X	FW	_	10	nsubj	_	_
9	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
14	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	pills	pill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	conj	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
26	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	29	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
28	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | n |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | n *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | way |  |  |  |  | cos growth pills | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | everyone | way |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is just rumour; children grow at different speeds and it is normal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners:t18:o1:1
# text = It is just rumour; children grow at different speeds and it is normal
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	speeds	speed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | rumour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | children |  |  | different speeds |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Location |
| 3 | **is** | present | rumour |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Being tall early means something is wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners:t18:o2:1
# text = Being tall early means something is wrong
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
3	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | early, tall *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | tall |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | something |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It must be pills, since nobody could grow that fast in such a short time

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners:t18:o3:1
# text = It must be pills, since nobody could grow that fast in such a short time
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	pills	pill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	16	det:predet	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | must | It | pills |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | could | nobody | pills *not said here* |  |  | time | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pill=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leo must be older than the rest of the class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners:t18:o4:1
# text = Leo must be older than the rest of the class
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | Leo |  |  |  |  | than the rest of the class; old *property* | tree rules |

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