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title: «cousin's been to Disneyland AGAIN, i'm sick of hearing about it». W… — When you want what others have · tree and pragmatics
description: «cousin's been to Disneyland AGAIN, i'm sick of hearing about it». What's the wiser feeling to aim for? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 9 · ★★ · When you want what others have

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«cousin's been to Disneyland AGAIN, i'm sick of hearing about it». What's the wiser feeling to aim for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, i, wiser feeling · **What happens:** be, hear, aim

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «cousin's been to Disneyland AGAIN, i'm sick of hearing about it».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t9:1
# text = «cousin's been to Disneyland AGAIN, i'm sick of hearing about it».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Disneyland	Disneyland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	AGAIN	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
12	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cousin |  |  |  | again | to Disneyland | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | i |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hear** *in a quote* | gerund | i *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about cousin | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus |

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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:* What's the wiser feeling to aim for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t9:2
# text = What's the wiser feeling to aim for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	aim	aim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wiser feeling |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **aim** | to-infinitive | the wiser feeling *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Make up a better holiday to tell him about at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t9:o1:1
# text = Make up a better holiday to tell him about at once
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | imperative | you *not said here* | a better holiday |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme holiday=Pivot |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  | about *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tell him it sounds boring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t9:o2:1
# text = Tell him it sounds boring
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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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* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **sound** | present | it |  |  |  |  | boring *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stop talking to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t9:o3:1
# text = Stop talking to him
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Be glad for him and ask about the best part

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t9:o4:1
# text = Be glad for him and ask about the best part
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for him *= he*; glad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the best part | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about part=Topic |

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