--- title: kids say the boy who's fostered "must've done something bad to get t… — Interrupting, boasting, your own story… · tree and pragmatics description: kids say the boy who's fostered "must've done something bad to get taken". pass it on? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 320 «Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity» of the everyday course of Mova's primary sch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money/t15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Interrupting, boasting, your own story…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a… kids say the boy who's fostered "must've done something bad to get taken". pass it on? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids, boy · **What happens:** say, foster, do, take, pass on · **To what, where:** boy, something, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 320 «Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity» 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/320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t15:1 # text = kids say the boy who's fostered "must've done something bad to get taken". 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 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 fostered foster VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 've have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux _ _ 11 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 12 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 obj _ _ 13 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 19 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **foster** | present · passive | | the boy | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | must · perfect | the boy | something | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | the boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP» | | 5 | **pass on** | infinitive | | it | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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} Yes, but only in the group chat ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t15:o1:1 # text = Yes, but only in the group chat 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 chat chat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, it's cruel and untrue; his story is his own ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t15:o2:1 # text = No, it's cruel and untrue; his story is his own 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 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 untrue untrue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | cruel *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | his story | | | | | own *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yes, and ask him what he did ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t15:o3:1 # text = Yes, and ask him what he did 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 ask ask 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 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, everyone's curious ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t15:o4:1 # text = Yes, everyone's curious 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | everyone | | | | | curious *property* | tree rules | **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. 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