--- title: Grandad, grumpy: «In my day lads didn't get scared». What's true? — Sam is scared: fear is normal · tree and pragmatics description: Grandad, grumpy: «In my day lads didn't get scared». What's true? Test 4 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 right. --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · Sam is scared: fear is normal Grandad, grumpy: «In my day lads didn't get scared». What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** not get, be · **To what, where:** day lads This is test 4 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandad, grumpy: «In my day lads didn't get scared». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t4:1 # text = Grandad, grumpy: «In my day lads didn't get scared». 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 grumpy grumpy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 In in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | past · do-support | | | | my day lads | | 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 true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t4:2 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Everybody gets scared, then and now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t4:o1:1 # text = Everybody gets scared, then and now 1 Everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | Everybody | | | | then | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Children were braver in the old days ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t4:o2:1 # text = Children were braver in the old days 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 braver brave ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Children | | | | day | brave *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Grown-ups were never scared at school ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t4:o3:1 # text = Grown-ups were never scared at school 1 Grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **not** **is** | past | Grown ups | | | school | | scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only modern children feel fear ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t4:o4:1 # text = Only modern children feel fear 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | modern children | fear | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Theme | **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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