--- title: «does ur dad ever get scared?» What's most likely true? — Sam is scared: fear is normal · tree and pragmatics description: «does ur dad ever get scared?» What's most likely true? Test 10 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/t10/) [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/) / [Sam is scared: fear is normal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/) / t10 # Test 10 · Sam is scared: fear is normal «does ur dad ever get scared?» What's most likely true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** get, be This is test 10 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «does ur dad ever get scared?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t10:1 # text = «does ur dad ever get scared?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 ur your PRON PRP$ Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · do-support | ur's dad | | | | ever | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's most likely true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t10:2 # text = What's most likely true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | likely, true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Only in films ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t10:o1:1 # text = Only in films 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 films film NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yes, grown-ups get scared too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t10:o2:1 # text = Yes, grown-ups get scared too 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present | grown ups | | | | | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, adults never feel fear about anything ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t10:o3:1 # text = No, adults never feel fear about anything 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **feel** | present | adults | fear | | | | about anything | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fear=Theme about anything=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only if they're cowards ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t10:o4:1 # text = Only if they're cowards 1 Only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 cowards coward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | they | cowards | | | | | 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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