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title: apparently that kid in year 4 only pretends he needs snacks cos of a… — Respect for first peoples, older peopl… · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently that kid in year 4 only pretends he needs snacks cos of a 'condition', everyone's saying he's faking. pass it on? Test 19 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 19 · ★ · Respect for first peoples, older people and people with di…

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apparently that kid in year 4 only pretends he needs snacks cos of a 'condition', everyone's saying he's faking. pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid, everyone · **What happens:** pretend, need, say, fake, pass on · **To what, where:** snacks, condition · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» 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/227-older-people-and-disabilities/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t19:1
# text = apparently that kid in year 4 only pretends he needs snacks cos of a 'condition', everyone's saying he's faking. pass it on?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	pretends	pretend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
11	snacks	snack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	acl	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
25	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
26	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	on	on	ADP	RP	_	25	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | present | that kid in year |  |  |  |  | apparently *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present | kid | snacks and cos of a condition |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot snack=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | everyone | a condition *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **fake** | present · progressive | kid |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **pass on** | infinitive | kid *not said here* | condition |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Yes, if you're sure he's faking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t19:o1:1
# text = Yes, if you're sure he's faking
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fake** | present · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it's only fair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t19:o2:1
# text = Yes, it's only fair
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, so the teacher finally stops giving him all those snacks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, so the teacher finally stops giving him all those snacks
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	snacks	snack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | the teacher |  |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | the teacher *not said here* | all snacks | teacher |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient snack=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, many disabilities are invisible; believe him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t19:o4:1
# text = No, many disabilities are invisible; believe him
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	disabilities	disability	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	believe	believe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | many disabilities |  |  |  |  | invisible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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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