--- title: «kieran keeps staring at u and goin red lol». What's the likeliest r… — Boys who look at Maddie oddly · tree and pragmatics description: «kieran keeps staring at u and goin red lol». What's the likeliest reason? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 389 «Boys who look at Maddie oddly» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Boys who look at Maddie oddly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Boys who look at Maddie oddly «kieran keeps staring at u and goin red lol». What's the likeliest reason? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kieran, likeliest reason · **What happens:** keep, stare, goin, be This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 389 «Boys who look at Maddie oddly» 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/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «kieran keeps staring at u and goin red lol». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t1:1 # text = «kieran keeps staring at u and goin red lol». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 kieran kieran NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 staring stare VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 goin goin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 9 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | kieran | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stare** *in a quote* | gerund | kieran *not said here* | | | | | at u | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at you=Theme | | 3 | **goin** *in a quote* | infinitive | kieran *not said here* | | | | | red *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's the likeliest reason? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t1:2 # text = What's the likeliest reason? 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 likeliest likely ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the likeliest reason | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He's got a fever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t1:o1:1 # text = He's got a fever 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · passive | He | a fever | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fever=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He probably likes her ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t1:o2:1 # text = He probably likes her 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 probably probably ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | He | her *= she* | | | | probably *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He thinks she stole his pen ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t1:o3:1 # text = He thinks she stole his pen 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 pen pen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | He | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **steal** | past | she | his pen | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pen=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He wants to fight her ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t1:o4:1 # text = He wants to fight her 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | He | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **fight** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | **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. 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