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title: «tbh maddie had it coming, always shoving people». Which is true? — Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality» · tree and pragmatics
description: «tbh maddie had it coming, always shoving people». Which is true? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 379 «Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»» 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 2 · ★★★ · Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»

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«tbh maddie had it coming, always shoving people». Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** maddie · **What happens:** have, come, shove, be · **To what, where:** it, people

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 379 «Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»» 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/379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «tbh maddie had it coming, always shoving people».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality:t2:1
# text = «tbh maddie had it coming, always shoving people».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	tbh	tbh	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	maddie	maddie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	shoving	shove	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	conj	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | maddie | it |  |  |  | tbh *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **shove** *in a quote* | gerund |  | people |  |  |  | always *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality:t2:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Shoving is wrong, but nobody deserves a punch in the face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality:t2:o1:1
# text = Shoving is wrong, but nobody deserves a punch in the face
1	Shoving	shove	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
7	deserves	deserve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	punch	punch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shove** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **deserve** | present | nobody | a punch |  | the face |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She totally deserved it for always shoving people in the line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality:t2:o2:1
# text = She totally deserved it for always shoving people in the line
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	deserved	deserve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	shoving	shove	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | past | She | it |  |  |  | totally *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shove** | gerund | She *not said here* | people |  | the line |  | always *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent people=Theme in line=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shoving is fine, so only Connor did wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality:t2:o3:1
# text = Shoving is fine, so only Connor did wrong
1	Shoving	shoving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	Connor	Connor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Shoving |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past | Connor |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It doesn't matter, it was only her nose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality:t2:o4:1
# text = It doesn't matter, it was only her nose
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | her nose |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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