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title: «oi Maddie, boy in a skirt!» She's in tracksuit bottoms as always. W… — Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels · tree and pragmatics
description: «oi Maddie, boy in a skirt!» She's in tracksuit bottoms as always. Why's it daft? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels

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«oi Maddie, boy in a skirt!» She's in tracksuit bottoms as always. Why's it daft?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Maddie, skirt · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** tracksuit bottoms

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «oi Maddie, boy in a skirt!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t7:1
# text = «oi Maddie, boy in a skirt!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	oi	oi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	flat:foreign	_	_
3	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	skirt	skirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* She's in tracksuit bottoms as always.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t7:2
# text = She's in tracksuit bottoms as always.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	tracksuit	tracksuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bottoms	bottom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Why's it daft?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t7:3
# text = Why's it daft?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	daft	daft	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 | skirt |  |  |  |  | daft *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It's a name that doesn't even fit her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t7:o1:1
# text = It's a name that doesn't even fit her
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **fit** | present · do-support | a name | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Because Maddie is really a boy and not a girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t7:o2:1
# text = Because Maddie is really a boy and not a girl
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Maddie | a boy and a girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because she is wearing a skirt today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t7:o3:1
# text = Because she is wearing a skirt today
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skirt	skirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present · progressive | she | a skirt |  |  | today |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skirt=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because girls can't wear tracksuits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels:t7:o4:1
# text = Because girls can't wear tracksuits
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	tracksuits	tracksuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wear** | can | girls | tracksuits |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent tracksuit=Source |

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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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