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title: my bro says the new kid's family "talks funny so don't bother". real… — Greeting neighbours and new people · tree and pragmatics
description: my bro says the new kid's family "talks funny so don't bother". real lesson? Test 17 · ★ of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» 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 wrong.
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# Test 17 · ★ · Greeting neighbours and new people

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my bro says the new kid's family "talks funny so don't bother". real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro, family · **What happens:** say, talk, not bother · **To what, where:** real lesson · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» 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/123-neighbours-and-new-people/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t17:1
# text = my bro says the new kid's family "talks funny so don't bother". real lesson?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
11	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	bother	bother	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
18	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my bro | real lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** *in a quote* | present | the new kid's family |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **bother** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | the new kid's family *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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Wait for the new kid to say hello first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t17:o1:1
# text = Wait for the new kid to say hello first
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	hello	hello	INTJ	UH	_	7	obj	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the new kid | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Talk to them only if they speak like you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t17:o2:1
# text = Talk to them only if they speak like you
1	Talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they |  |  |  |  | like you | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Only make friends with people who come from your own street or town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t17:o3:1
# text = Only make friends with people who come from your own street or town
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | friends |  |  |  | with people | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |
| 2 | **come** | present | people |  |  | your own street or town |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from street=Initial\_Location |

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

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Be welcoming; rudeness hurts and you lose a friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t17:o4:1
# text = Be welcoming; rudeness hurts and you lose a friend
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	welcoming	welcoming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | welcoming *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | welcoming rudeness |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **lose** | present | you | a friend |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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