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title: they dared me to skip maths n hide in the loos — Peer pressure, happy secrets and being… · tree and pragmatics
description: they dared me to skip maths n hide in the loos Test 9 · ★ of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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 right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted

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they dared me to skip maths n hide in the loos

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they, maths · **What happens:** dare, skip, n, hide · **To what, where:** me, maths, loos

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t9:1
# text = they dared me to skip maths n hide in the loos
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dared	dare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	skip	skip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	n	n	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	loos	loo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dare** | past | they | me |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **skip** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **n** | participle |  | maths *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **hide** | present | maths |  |  | the loos |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in loo=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Say no thanks, staff must always know where you are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t9:o1:1
# text = Say no thanks, staff must always know where you are
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	ccomp	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | no thanks |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | must | staff |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only skip the boring half

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t9:o2:1
# text = Only skip the boring half
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	skip	skip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | imperative | you *not said here* | the boring half |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Do it once, nobody will notice that one kid is missing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t9:o3:1
# text = Do it once, nobody will notice that one kid is missing
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | infinitive | nobody *not said here* | it |  |  |  | once *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **notice** | future | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | one kid |  |  |  |  | missing *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Do it if you're back by lunch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t9:o4:1
# text = Do it if you're back by lunch
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | by lunch; back *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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