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description: «my legs were literally shaking when I said it». Does that make it less brave? Test 4 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Speaking up is bravery too

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«my legs were literally shaking when I said it». Does that make it less brave?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** legs, I, that · **What happens:** shake, say, make · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «my legs were literally shaking when I said it».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t4:1
# text = «my legs were literally shaking when I said it».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** *in a quote* | past · progressive | my legs |  |  |  |  | literally *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | I | 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:* Does that make it less brave?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t4:2
# text = Does that make it less brave?
1	Does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · do-support | that | it |  |  |  | brave *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, because shaking means it was easy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t4:o1:1
# text = No, because shaking means it was easy
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	shaking	shaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	expl	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | shaking |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, brave means no shaking at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, brave means no shaking at all
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	shaking	shaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | brave | no shaking |  | all |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shaking=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, being scared and still saying it is brave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t4:o3:1
# text = No, being scared and still saying it is brave
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | it |  |  | still |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, it only counts if you shout

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, it only counts if you shout
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shout	shout	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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