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title: scared of deep water but they're calling me a baby — Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder,… · tree and pragmatics
description: scared of deep water but they're calling me a baby Test 10 · ★ of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water…

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scared of deep water but they're calling me a baby

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** call · **To what, where:** me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t10:1
# text = scared of deep water but they're calling me a baby
1	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · progressive | they | me |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme baby=Result |

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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 {#o1}

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Jump in to prove them wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t10:o1:1
# text = Jump in to prove them wrong
1	Jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **prove** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swim out further than them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t10:o2:1
# text = Swim out further than them
1	Swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	further	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | far, out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Go in without telling an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t10:o3:1
# text = Go in without telling an adult
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stay out; your fear is protecting you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t10:o4:1
# text = Stay out; your fear is protecting you
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	protecting	protect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **protect** | present · progressive | your fear |  | you |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **fear** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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