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title: «haha Sam dropped his beans cos Jake looked at him, what a baby». Fa… — Sam is scared: fear is normal · tree and pragmatics
description: «haha Sam dropped his beans cos Jake looked at him, what a baby». Fair? Test 1 of lesson 366 «Sam is scared: fear is normal» 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 wrong.
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# Test 1 · Sam is scared: fear is normal

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«haha Sam dropped his beans cos Jake looked at him, what a baby». Fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sam, Jake · **What happens:** drop, look · **To what, where:** beans

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This is test 1 of lesson 366 «Sam is scared: fear is normal» 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/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «haha Sam dropped his beans cos Jake looked at him, what a baby».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t1:1
# text = «haha Sam dropped his beans cos Jake looked at him, what a baby».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	haha	haha	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
3	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	parataxis	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** *in a quote* | past | Sam | Sam's beans |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bean=Theme |
| 2 | **look** *in a quote* | past | Jake |  |  |  |  | at Sam | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=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:* Fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t1:2
# text = Fair?
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, Sam dropped them on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t1:o1:1
# text = No, Sam dropped them on purpose
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | Sam | them *= they* |  | purpose |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on purpose=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, Sam should've thrown the beans right at Jake's face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, Sam should've thrown the beans right at Jake's face
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	've	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | should · perfect · passive |  | Sam |  | Jake's face |  | right *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination bean=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, fear makes anyone jumpy, it's not babyish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t1:o3:1
# text = No, fear makes anyone jumpy, it's not babyish
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	jumpy	jumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	babyish	babyish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | fear | anyone |  |  |  | jumpy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset anyone=Product |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | fear |  |  |  |  | babyish *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, only babies get scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, only babies get scared
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | babies |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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