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title: Mrs Okafor writes «How to show you like someone» on the board and th… — Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily · tree and pragmatics
description: Mrs Okafor writes «How to show you like someone» on the board and the class giggles. Which belongs on the list? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 387 «Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 10 · ★ · Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily

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Mrs Okafor writes «How to show you like someone» on the board and the class giggles. Which belongs on the list?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mrs, you, class · **What happens:** write, show, like, giggle, belong · **To what, where:** board, someone, list · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 387 «Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily» 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/387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mrs Okafor writes «How to show you like someone» on the board and the class giggles.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily:t10:1
# text = Mrs Okafor writes «How to show you like someone» on the board and the class giggles.
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Okafor	Okafor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	giggles	giggle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | Mrs |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **show** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Mrs *not said here* |  |  | the board |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **like** *in a quote* | present | you | someone |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme |
| 4 | **giggle** | present | the class |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 belongs on the list?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily:t10:2
# text = Which belongs on the list?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present |  |  |  | the list |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Show off with a dangerous trick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily:t10:o1:1
# text = Show off with a dangerous trick
1	Show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show off** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a dangerous trick | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Notice their drawing and say it's good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily:t10:o2:1
# text = Notice their drawing and say it's good
1	Notice	notice	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | imperative | you *not said here* | their drawing |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer drawing=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | drawing |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **draw** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Grab their ponytail in the line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily:t10:o3:1
# text = Grab their ponytail in the line
1	Grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	ponytail	ponytail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | their ponytail |  | the line |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ponytail=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Throw their hat into a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily:t10:o4:1
# text = Throw their hat into a tree
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | their hat |  |  |  | into a tree *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer hat=Theme into tree=Result |

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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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