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title: apparently a kid got so mad losing at footy he threw his boot and hi… — Younger children, losing and practising · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently a kid got so mad losing at footy he threw his boot and hit a little kid in the face. what's the true lesson? Test 17 · ★ 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 
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# Test 17 · ★ · Younger children, losing and practising

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apparently a kid got so mad losing at footy he threw his boot and hit a little kid in the face. what's the true lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid, true lesson · **What happens:** get, lose, throw, hit, be · **To what, where:** footy, boot, little kid, face

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t17:1
# text = apparently a kid got so mad losing at footy he threw his boot and hit a little kid in the face. what's the true lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	footy	footy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | a kid |  |  |  |  | apparently, mad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **lose** | gerund | a kid *not said here* |  |  | footy |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent at footy=Eventuality |
| 3 | **throw** | past | kid | kid's boot |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme |
| 4 | **hit** | past | kid *not said here* | a little kid |  | the face |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent kid=Theme in face=Destination |
| 5 | **is a** | present | the true lesson |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Little kids shouldn't be allowed to watch games

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t17:o1:1
# text = Little kids shouldn't be allowed to watch games
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | should · passive |  | Little kids |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **watch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Little kids *not said here* | games |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |

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

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Anger at losing can hurt others; calm down first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t17:o2:1
# text = Anger at losing can hurt others; calm down first
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	nmod	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	calm	calm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hurt** | can | Anger | others |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Patient |
| 3 | **calm down** | infinitive | Anger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Losing is never upsetting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t17:o3:1
# text = Losing is never upsetting
1	Losing	losing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	upsetting	upsetting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Losing |  |  |  |  | upsetting *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Throw things only at the big kids, who can take it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t17:o4:1
# text = Throw things only at the big kids, who can take it
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | things |  |  |  | at the big kids | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme at kid=Destination |
| 2 | **take** | can |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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