--- title: they're all smoking behind the shed and want me to try — Speaking up, saying no and growing up · tree and pragmatics description: they're all smoking behind the shed and want me to try Test 16 · ★ of lesson 215 «Speaking up, saying no and growing up» 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/215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up/t16/) [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/) / [Speaking up, saying no and growing up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Speaking up, saying no and growing up they're all smoking behind the shed and want me to try **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they, me · **What happens:** smoke, want, try · **To what, where:** shed, me This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 215 «Speaking up, saying no and growing up» 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/215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:t16:1 # text = they're all smoking behind the shed and want me to try 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 smoking smoke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 behind behind ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shed shed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smoke** | present · progressive | they | | | the shed | | all *property* | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **want** | present | they *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **try** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 {#o1} Pretend to smoke it a bit ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:t16:o1:1 # text = Pretend to smoke it a bit 1 Pretend pretend ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 smoke smoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smoke** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked* | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent it=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Take one home for later ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:t16:o2:1 # text = Take one home for later 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | one home | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent home=Theme for late=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Say no and walk away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:t16:o3:1 # text = Say no and walk away 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 1 discourse _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **walk away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Try one just to fit in ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:t16:o4:1 # text = Try one just to fit in 1 Try try VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 obj _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | imperative | you *not said here* | one | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fit in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: 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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