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title: Kid at break: «dont be a grass, say u fell». A boy keeps pushing him… — Excuses and the lies that grow · tree and pragmatics
description: Kid at break: «dont be a grass, say u fell». A boy keeps pushing him. What should he do? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 337 «Excuses and the lies that grow» 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 5 · ★ · Excuses and the lies that grow

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Kid at break: «dont be a grass, say u fell». A boy keeps pushing him. What should he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kid, u, boy · **What happens:** be, say, fall, keep, push, do · **To what, where:** grass, boy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 337 «Excuses and the lies that grow» 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/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kid at break: «dont be a grass, say u fell».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t5:1
# text = Kid at break: «dont be a grass, say u fell».
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	dont	dont	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
12	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | Kid at break and dont | a grass |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fall** *in a quote* | past | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* A boy keeps pushing him.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t5:2
# text = A boy keeps pushing him.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **push** | gerund | a boy *not said here* | boy |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What should he do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t5:3
# text = What should he do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Say he fell, to keep the peace with everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t5:o1:1
# text = Say he fell, to keep the peace with everyone
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fall** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the peace |  |  |  | with everyone | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Push the boy back harder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t5:o2:1
# text = Push the boy back harder
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push back** | imperative | you *not said here* | the boy |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Tell his teacher what really happens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t5:o3:1
# text = Tell his teacher what really happens
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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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 teacher |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stay inside every playtime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t5:o4:1
# text = Stay inside every playtime
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	playtime	playtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | every playtime |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside playtime=Location |

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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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