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title: Everyone is laughing at a boy left alone at lunch. Why does sitting… — Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying… · tree and pragmatics
description: Everyone is laughing at a boy left alone at lunch. Why does sitting with him matter? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 284 «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares» 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
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# Test 9 · ★ · Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares

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Everyone is laughing at a boy left alone at lunch. Why does sitting with him matter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Everyone · **What happens:** laugh, leave, sit · **To what, where:** boy, lunch, matter

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 284 «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares» 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/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Everyone is laughing at a boy left alone at lunch.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t9:1
# text = Everyone is laughing at a boy left alone at lunch.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present · progressive | Everyone |  |  |  |  | at a boy | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  | a boy *not said here* |  | lunch |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at lunch=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why does sitting with him matter?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t9:2
# text = Why does sitting with him matter?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present · do-support |  | matter |  |  |  | with boy | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location matter=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It doesn't matter much at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t9:o1:1
# text = It doesn't matter much at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | It |  |  | all |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The teacher will notice and give you a sticker for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t9:o2:1
# text = The teacher will notice and give you a sticker for it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sticker	sticker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | future | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **give** | infinitive | the teacher *not said here* | a sticker | you |  |  | for teacher | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Recipient sticker=Theme for it=Asset |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It takes courage, and it matters a lot to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t9:o3:1
# text = It takes courage, and it matters a lot to him
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | It | courage |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme |
| 2 | **matter** | present | it | a lot | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to he=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It makes you more popular

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t9:o4:1
# text = It makes you more popular
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | you |  |  |  | popular *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |

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