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title: «Sam's a chicken, won't even do the cannonball lol». Who's being sen… — Sam is scared: fear is normal · tree and pragmatics
description: «Sam's a chicken, won't even do the cannonball lol». Who's being sensible? Test 6 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 6 · Sam is scared: fear is normal

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«Sam's a chicken, won't even do the cannonball lol». Who's being sensible?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sam · **What happens:** be, not do · **To what, where:** chicken, cannonball

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Sam's a chicken, won't even do the cannonball lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t6:1
# text = «Sam's a chicken, won't even do the cannonball lol».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cannonball	cannonball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Sam | a chicken |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | future |  | the cannonball |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cannonball=Eventuality |

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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:* Who's being sensible?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t6:2
# text = Who's being sensible?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The lifeguard, for letting them laugh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t6:o1:1
# text = The lifeguard, for letting them laugh
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	letting	let	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | gerund | the lifeguard *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **laugh** | infinitive | the lifeguard |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The boys, because everyone must jump

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t6:o2:1
# text = The boys, because everyone must jump
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | must | everyone | the boys *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody, because swimming trips are pointless anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t6:o3:1
# text = Nobody, because swimming trips are pointless anyway
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	trips	trip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	pointless	pointless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | swimming trips |  |  |  |  | anyway, pointless *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Sam, for not jumping when he wasn't ready

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t6:o4:1
# text = Sam, for not jumping when he wasn't ready
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **jump** | gerund | Sam *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | Sam |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | tree rules |

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