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description: «I had a dream I fought Jake in my PJs in front of everyone». What does a dream like that usually mean? Test 9 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 
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# Test 9 · Sam is scared: fear is normal

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«I had a dream I fought Jake in my PJs in front of everyone». What does a dream like that usually mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, dream · **What happens:** have, fight, mean · **To what, where:** Jake, PJs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I had a dream I fought Jake in my PJs in front of everyone».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t9:1
# text = «I had a dream I fought Jake in my PJs in front of everyone».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	PJs	PJs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight** *in a quote* | past | a dream | Jake |  | my PJs |  | in front of everyone | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jake=Co-Agent |

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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:* What does a dream like that usually mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t9:2
# text = What does a dream like that usually mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	obl	_	_
7	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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You need new pyjamas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t9:o1:1
# text = You need new pyjamas
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pyjamas	pyjama	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | You | new pyjamas |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pyjama=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Something is worrying you a lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t9:o2:1
# text = Something is worrying you a lot
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	worrying	worry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worry** | present · progressive | Something | you |  |  |  | a lot *obl:unmarked* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You really want to fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t9:o3:1
# text = You really want to fight
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **fight** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's going to happen for real at school tomorrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:t9:o4:1
# text = It's going to happen for real at school tomorrow
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **happen** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | school | tomorrow | for real | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at school=Location |

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