--- title: didn't get picked for the team again. so rubbish — Younger children, losing and practising · tree and pragmatics description: didn't get picked for the team again. so rubbish Test 11 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t11/) [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/) / [Younger children, losing and practising](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Younger children, losing and practising didn't get picked for the team again. so rubbish **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not pick · **To what, where:** rubbish This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t11:1 # text = didn't get picked for the team again. so rubbish 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 3 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **pick** | past · passive · do-support | | rubbish | | | again | for the team | vn chew-39.2 «NP V» | 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} Give up the sport for good ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t11:o1:1 # text = Give up the sport for good 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sport | | | | for good | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pretend you never wanted to play anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t11:o2:1 # text = Pretend you never wanted to play anyway 1 Pretend pretend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **want** | past | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | anyway *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pick on the kids who were chosen n make them sorry ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t11:o3:1 # text = Pick on the kids who were chosen n make them sorry 1 Pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 n n PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | on the kids | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent on kid=Patient | | 2 | **choose** | past · passive | | the kids | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | | kids *= kid* | | | | sorry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Tell a teacher or parent and keep practising ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t11:o4:1 # text = Tell a teacher or parent and keep practising 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 practising practise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a teacher or parent | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **practise** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | **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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