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title: everyone says the boy who cried at his jab is "a wimp lol". pass it… — Handling anger and everyday fears · tree and pragmatics
description: everyone says the boy who cried at his jab is "a wimp lol". pass it on? Test 20 · ★ of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday fears» 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.
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# Test 20 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears

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everyone says the boy who cried at his jab is "a wimp lol". pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone, boy · **What happens:** say, cry, be, pass on, jab · **To what, where:** jab, wimp lol, lol · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday fears» 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/291-handling-anger-and-fear/#t20).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t20:1
# text = everyone says the boy who cried at his jab is "a wimp lol". pass it on?
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	jab	jab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	wimp	wimp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	lol	lol	NOUN	NN	_	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
17	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the boy |  |  | boy's jab |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at jab=Location |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the boy | a wimp lol |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **pass on** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* | lol |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 5 | **jab** |  | boy |  |  |  |  |  | nom jab «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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, he was being a wimp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t20:o1:1
# text = Yes, he was being a wimp
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wimp	wimp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | a wimp |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, and post it in the chat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t20:o2:1
# text = Yes, and post it in the chat
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	post	post	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the chat |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, and copy him crying so everyone laughs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t20:o3:1
# text = Yes, and copy him crying so everyone laughs
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
9	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | him *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **laugh** | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, being scared of needles is normal; don't spread it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t20:o4:1
# text = No, being scared of needles is normal; don't spread it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	csubj:pass	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of needles; scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **spread** | infinitive · do-support |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

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