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title: kids are saying Ben "stinks cos he never showers". pass it on? — Teeth, baths and showers, safety glass… · tree and pragmatics
description: kids are saying Ben "stinks cos he never showers". pass it on? Test 16 · ★ of lesson 317 «Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed, sleep and safe food» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 16 · ★ · Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed,…

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kids are saying Ben "stinks cos he never showers". pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids, Ben · **What happens:** say, stink, not shower, pass on · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 317 «Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed, sleep and safe food» 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/317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t16:1
# text = kids are saying Ben "stinks cos he never showers". pass it on?
1	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	stinks	stink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	showers	shower	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
13	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stink** *in a quote* | present | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP.location V»: agent=Location |
| 3 | **not** **shower** *in a quote* | present | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **pass on** | infinitive | kids *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | 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, he stinks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t16:o1:1
# text = Yes, he stinks
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stinks	stink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stink** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP.location V»: agent=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and spray him with deodorant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t16:o2:1
# text = Yes, and spray him with deodorant
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	spray	spray	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	deodorant	deodorant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spray** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  | with deodorant | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with deodorant=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, tell the teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t16:o3:1
# text = Yes, tell the teacher
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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* |  | the teacher |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it's mean and probably untrue; don't spread it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t16:o4:1
# text = No, it's mean and probably untrue; don't spread it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	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	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	untrue	untrue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	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** | present | it |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  | probably *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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**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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