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title: Coach takes u off at half time, u scream «this is a joke!». Next wee… — Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry · tree and pragmatics
description: Coach takes u off at half time, u scream «this is a joke!». Next week you're on the bench. Why? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 355 «Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry» 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 wa
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# Test 4 · ★ · Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry

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Coach takes u off at half time, u scream «this is a joke!». Next week you're on the bench. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Coach, u, this, you · **What happens:** take off, scream, be · **To what, where:** u, joke, bench · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 355 «Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry» 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/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Coach takes u off at half time, u scream «this is a joke!».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t4:1
# text = Coach takes u off at half time, u scream «this is a joke!».
1	Coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	compound	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	scream	scream	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | present | Coach | u |  |  | time |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Next week you're on the bench.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t4:2
# text = Next week you're on the bench.
1	Next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bench	bench	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | you |  |  | the bench | week |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t4:3
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The coach just hates you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t4:o1:1
# text = The coach just hates you
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | the coach | you |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Benches are random

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t4:o2:1
# text = Benches are random
1	Benches	bench	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Benches |  |  |  |  | random *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Half time is the rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t4:o3:1
# text = Half time is the rule
1	Half	half	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	2	amod	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Half time | the rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Shouting at the coach has consequences

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:t4:o4:1
# text = Shouting at the coach has consequences
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	consequences	consequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  | the coach |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | Shouting | consequences |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Patient |

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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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