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title: A boy keeps saying his house is bigger than everyone's. What is like… — Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy keeps saying his house is bigger than everyone's. What is likely to happen? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 213 «Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters

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A boy keeps saying his house is bigger than everyone's. What is likely to happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, house · **What happens:** keep, say, be, happen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 213 «Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters» 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/213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy keeps saying his house is bigger than everyone's.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud:t6:1
# text = A boy keeps saying his house is bigger than everyone's.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	ccomp	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | boy's house |  |  |  |  | than everyone; big *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is likely to happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud:t6:2
# text = What is likely to happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He becomes more popular

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud:t6:o1:1
# text = He becomes more popular
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | He |  |  |  |  | popular *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing changes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud:t6:o2:1
# text = Nothing changes
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Everyone wants to be his friend more, so they can visit the big house

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud:t6:o3:1
# text = Everyone wants to be his friend more, so they can visit the big house
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Everyone *not said here* | his friend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **visit** | can | they | the big house |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Friends feel small and move away from him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud:t6:o4:1
# text = Friends feel small and move away from him
1	Friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | Friends |  |  |  |  | small *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **move away** | infinitive | Friends *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from him *= he*; away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from he=Trajectory |

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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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