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title: «Maddie, u shouldn't have pulled Chloe's plaits, that was mean». Is… — Speaking up is bravery too · tree and pragmatics
description: «Maddie, u shouldn't have pulled Chloe's plaits, that was mean». Is Sam a good friend here? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» 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 10 · ★ · Speaking up is bravery too

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«Maddie, u shouldn't have pulled Chloe's plaits, that was mean». Is Sam a good friend here?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Maddie, that · **What happens:** not pull, be · **To what, where:** plaits, Sam

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» 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/368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Maddie, u shouldn't have pulled Chloe's plaits, that was mean».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t10:1
# text = «Maddie, u shouldn't have pulled Chloe's plaits, that was mean».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	u	you	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux	_	_
8	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	plaits	plait	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pull** *in a quote* | should · perfect | Maddie | Chloe's plaits |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plait=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | that |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Is Sam a good friend here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t10:2
# text = Is Sam a good friend here?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
2	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Yes, real friends tell you when you're wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, real friends tell you when you're wrong
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | real friends |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, it's none of his business what she does to Chloe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t10:o2:1
# text = No, it's none of his business what she does to Chloe
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | none |  |  |  | of his business | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | she |  | Chloe |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, a good friend always takes your side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t10:o3:1
# text = No, a good friend always takes your side
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | a good friend | your side |  |  |  | always *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, but only if Chloe pays him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only if Chloe pays him
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | Chloe |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset |

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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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