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title: Maddie: «don't be such a scaredy-cat, play Bulldog!» Sam doesn't wan… — Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels · tree and pragmatics
description: Maddie: «don't be such a scaredy-cat, play Bulldog!» Sam doesn't want to. Best reply? Test 10 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels

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Maddie: «don't be such a scaredy-cat, play Bulldog!» Sam doesn't want to. Best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Maddie, Sam · **What happens:** do, not be, play, not want · **To what, where:** scaredy cat, Bulldog

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Maddie: «don't be such a scaredy-cat, play Bulldog!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t10:1
# text = Maddie: «don't be such a scaredy-cat, play Bulldog!»
1	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
7	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	11	det:predet	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	scaredy	scaredy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	Bulldog	bulldog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | Maddie *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | such scaredy cat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** *in a quote* | infinitive | Maddie | Bulldog |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bulldog=Theme |

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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:* Sam doesn't want to.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t10:2
# text = Sam doesn't want to.
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|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 | Sam |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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*Sentence 3:* Best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t10:3
# text = Best reply?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«You're a scaredy-cat yourself, Maddie, not me»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t10:o1:1
# text = «You're a scaredy-cat yourself, Maddie, not me»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	scaredy	scaredy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	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 | You | yourself |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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«Nah, not today. I'll play something else»

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*Sentence 1:* «Nah, not today.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t10:o2:1
# text = «Nah, not today.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* I'll play something else»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t10:o2:2
# text = I'll play something else»
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	else	else	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | future | I | something |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Fine, I'll smash you all»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t10:o3:1
# text = «Fine, I'll smash you all»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Fine	fine	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	smash	smash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** *in a quote* | future | I | you |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Burst into tears and run home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t10:o4:1
# text = Burst into tears and run home
1	Burst	burst	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burst** | past |  |  |  | tears |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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