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title: «Scaredy-Sam lol everyone's saying it». You don't want to. What's be… — Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels · tree and pragmatics
description: «Scaredy-Sam lol everyone's saying it». You don't want to. What's best? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 367 «Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels» 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.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels

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«Scaredy-Sam lol everyone's saying it». You don't want to. What's best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Scaredy, You · **What happens:** say, not want, be · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 367 «Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels» 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/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Scaredy-Sam lol everyone's saying it».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t1:1
# text = «Scaredy-Sam lol everyone's saying it».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Scaredy	Scaredy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
5	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · progressive | Scaredy | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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:* You don't want to.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t1:2
# text = You don't want to.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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*Sentence 3:* What's best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t1:3
# text = What's best?
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	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Don't say it, and sit with Sam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t1:o1:1
# text = Don't say it, and sit with Sam
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **sit** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Sam | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Say it just once so that you fit in with everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t1:o2:1
# text = Say it just once so that you fit in with everyone
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | once *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **fit in** | present | you |  |  |  |  | with everyone | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Make up a new one for Freddie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t1:o3:1
# text = Make up a new one for Freddie
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Freddie	Freddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | imperative | you *not said here* | a new one for Freddie |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Say it but quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t1:o4:1
# text = Say it but quietly
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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