--- title: A boy is teased for being the tallest in his class. What should othe… — Growing, seeing and hearing · tree and pragmatics description: A boy is teased for being the tallest in his class. What should others know? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t5/) [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/) / [Growing, seeing and hearing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Growing, seeing and hearing A boy is teased for being the tallest in his class. What should others know? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** others · **What happens:** tease, be, know · **To what, where:** boy, class This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy is teased for being the tallest in his class. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t5:1 # text = A boy is teased for being the tallest in his class. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 teased tease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tallest tall ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 parataxis _ _ 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 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tease** | present · passive | | a boy | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | boy's class | | tall *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What should others know? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t5:2 # text = What should others know? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | should | others | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He must be much older ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t5:o1:1 # text = He must be much older 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | must | He | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tall children are always clumsy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t5:o2:1 # text = Tall children are always clumsy 1 Tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 clumsy clumsy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Tall children | | | | | always, clumsy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He should try to grow less ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t5:o3:1 # text = He should try to grow less 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | should | He | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **grow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | less *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Height differences are normal and never a reason to tease ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t5:o4:1 # text = Height differences are normal and never a reason to tease 1 Height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 differences difference NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 tease tease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Height differences | | | | | normal *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tease** | to-infinitive | Height differences *not said here* | | | | | | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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