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title: «Sam just lay there when Callum shoved him lol what a wimp». Fair? — Self-defence or just stupid? · tree and pragmatics
description: «Sam just lay there when Callum shoved him lol what a wimp». Fair? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 377 «Self-defence or just stupid?» 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 6 · ★★ · Self-defence or just stupid?

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«Sam just lay there when Callum shoved him lol what a wimp». Fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sam, Callum · **What happens:** lie, shove · **To what, where:** wimp, Sam

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 377 «Self-defence or just stupid?» 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/377-self-defence-or-just-stupid/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Sam just lay there when Callum shoved him lol what a wimp».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t6:1
# text = «Sam just lay there when Callum shoved him lol what a wimp».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
7	Callum	Callum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shoved	shove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
11	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	13	det:predet	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wimp	wimp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** *in a quote* | past | Sam | what wimp |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shove** *in a quote* | past | Callum | Sam |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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:* Fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t6:2
# text = Fair?
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, because Sam was tired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t6:o1:1
# text = No, because Sam was tired
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	tired	tired	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** | past | Sam |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, staying down stopped the fight getting worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t6:o2:1
# text = No, staying down stopped the fight getting worse
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay down** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | past | staying | the fight |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality fight=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get** | gerund | the fight *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, he should have got up swinging at the bigger boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, he should have got up swinging at the bigger boy
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	swinging	swing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get up** | should · perfect | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **swing** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the bigger boy | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at boy=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, lying down is giving up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, lying down is giving up
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give up** | present · progressive | lying |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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