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title: Sam: «I'm not coming to the rec tonight». Kieran: «so ur a traitor t… — Street gangs and loyalty · tree and pragmatics
description: Sam: «I'm not coming to the rec tonight». Kieran: «so ur a traitor then». What's actually true? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 383 «Street gangs and loyalty» 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 · ★★ · Street gangs and loyalty

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Sam: «I'm not coming to the rec tonight». Kieran: «so ur a traitor then». What's actually true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** not come, be

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 383 «Street gangs and loyalty» 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/383-street-gangs-and-loyalty/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam: «I'm not coming to the rec tonight».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t2:1
# text = Sam: «I'm not coming to the rec tonight».
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	rec	rec	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I |  |  |  | tonight |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* Kieran: «so ur a traitor then».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t2:2
# text = Kieran: «so ur a traitor then».
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	ur	ur	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	traitor	traitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What's actually true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t2:3
# text = What's actually true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sam must be on Station Road's side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t2:o1:1
# text = Sam must be on Station Road's side
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	Station	Station	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Road	Road	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | Sam |  |  | Station Road's side |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sam has let the whole street down, he's a traitor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t2:o2:1
# text = Sam has let the whole street down, he's a traitor
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	traitor	traitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present · perfect · passive |  | Sam |  |  |  | down *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient street=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Sam | a traitor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sam's scared so he doesn't count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t2:o3:1
# text = Sam's scared so he doesn't count
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | Sam |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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

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Sam's just not doing harm; that's not betrayal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:t2:o4:1
# text = Sam's just not doing harm; that's not betrayal
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	betrayal	betrayal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | gerund |  | harm |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | that | betrayal |  |  |  |  | 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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