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title: kids say the boy who quit swimming "is a quitter, always gives up".… — Catch and release, practising well and… · tree and pragmatics
description: kids say the boy who quit swimming "is a quitter, always gives up". pass it on? Test 18 · ★ of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 18 · ★ · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear

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kids say the boy who quit swimming "is a quitter, always gives up". pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids, boy · **What happens:** say, quit, be, give up, pass on · **To what, where:** swimming, quitter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» 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/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t18:1
# text = kids say the boy who quit swimming "is a quitter, always gives up". pass it on?
1	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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	11	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	quit	quit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	quitter	quitter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
14	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
18	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	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 | kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **quit** | past | the boy | swimming |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swimming=Source |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the boy | a quitter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **give up** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **pass on** | infinitive |  | swimming |  |  |  |  | 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, and tell his coach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t18:o1:1
# text = Yes, and tell his coach
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | his coach |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent coach=Recipient |

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

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No, it's unkind gossip; break hard skills into small steps instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t18:o2:1
# text = No, it's unkind gossip; break hard skills into small steps instead
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	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	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	skills	skill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | unkind gossip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | infinitive | unkind gossip | hard skills |  |  |  | into small steps *result*; instead *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent skill=Patient into step=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, he's a quitter, and quitters always quit everything they try

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t18:o3:1
# text = Yes, he's a quitter, and quitters always quit everything they try
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	quitter	quitter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	quitters	quitter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	quit	quit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	obj	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	try	try	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a quitter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **quit** | past | quitters | everything |  |  |  | always *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Source |
| 3 | **try** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t18:o4:1
# text = Yes, it's true
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

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