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title: my mate says that kid with two mums gets teased so much he's moving… — Compliments and respecting differences · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says that kid with two mums gets teased so much he's moving schools. pass it on? Test 19 · ★ of lesson 226 «Compliments and respecting differences» 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 w
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# Test 19 · ★ · Compliments and respecting differences

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my mate says that kid with two mums gets teased so much he's moving schools. pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, kid · **What happens:** say, tease, move, pass on · **To what, where:** kid, schools, mate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 226 «Compliments and respecting differences» 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/226-compliments-and-respecting-differences/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t19:1
# text = my mate says that kid with two mums gets teased so much he's moving schools. pass it on?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	teased	tease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	much	much	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
16	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
18	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	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 mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **tease** | present · passive |  | kid with two mums |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **move** | present · progressive | kid | schools |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent school=Theme |
| 4 | **pass on** | infinitive |  | mate |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, if you say it kindly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t19:o1:1
# text = Yes, if you say it kindly
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | it |  |  |  | kindly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, it's gossip; all families deserve respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t19:o2:1
# text = No, it's gossip; all families deserve respect
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	deserve	deserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | gossip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **deserve** | present | all families | respect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, so the teachers find out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, so the teachers find out
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | present | the teachers |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, everyone should know

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, everyone should know
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | should | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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