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title: «I'm missing the final cos of a detention for one stupid fight, it's… — What fights cost at school · tree and pragmatics
description: «I'm missing the final cos of a detention for one stupid fight, it's so unfair». What's the real lesson? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 375 «What fights cost at school» 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 wa
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# Test 7 · ★ · What fights cost at school

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«I'm missing the final cos of a detention for one stupid fight, it's so unfair». What's the real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, it, real lesson · **What happens:** miss, be · **To what, where:** final cos · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 375 «What fights cost at school» 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/375-what-fights-cost-at-school/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I'm missing the final cos of a detention for one stupid fight, it's so unfair».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:t7:1
# text = «I'm missing the final cos of a detention for one stupid fight, it's so unfair».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	missing	miss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	csubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	detention	detention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | the final cos of a detention |  |  |  | for one stupid fight | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cos=Stimulus for fight=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | unfair *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:* What's the real lesson?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:t7:2
# text = What's the real lesson?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Detentions should never be allowed to fall on match days at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:t7:o1:1
# text = Detentions should never be allowed to fall on match days at all
1	Detentions	detention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | should · passive |  | Detentions |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fall** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Detentions *not said here* |  |  | all | day |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The coach was always against her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:t7:o2:1
# text = The coach was always against her
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the coach |  |  |  |  | against her *= she*; always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The team didn't need her anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:t7:o3:1
# text = The team didn't need her anyway
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | past · do-support | the team | her *= she* |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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One fight can cost you the thing you love most

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:t7:o4:1
# text = One fight can cost you the thing you love most
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cost	cost	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | can | One fight | the thing | you |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme you=Beneficiary thing=Value |
| 2 | **love** | present | you | the thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |

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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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