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title: Jake grins: «you're decent at footy for a girl». What's a smart reply? — Boys who look at Maddie oddly · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake grins: «you're decent at footy for a girl». What's a smart reply? Test 4 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Boys who look at Maddie oddly

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Jake grins: «you're decent at footy for a girl». What's a smart reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jake, you · **What happens:** grin, be · **To what, where:** footy, smart reply · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake grins: «you're decent at footy for a girl».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t4:1
# text = Jake grins: «you're decent at footy for a girl».
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grins	grin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	decent	decent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	footy	footy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grin** | present | Jake |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  | footy |  | for a girl; decent *property* | tree rules |

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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:* What's a smart reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t4:2
# text = What's a smart reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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«I'm decent for a person»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t4:o1:1
# text = «I'm decent for a person»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	decent	decent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | for a person; decent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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«Thanks, girls are usually bad»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t4:o2:1
# text = «Thanks, girls are usually bad»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Thanks girls |  |  |  |  | bad, usually *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«I'll stop playing then, see ya»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t4:o3:1
# text = «I'll stop playing then, see ya»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **play** *in a quote* | gerund | I *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | ya |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«Shut it or I'll deck ya, mate»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t4:o4:1
# text = «Shut it or I'll deck ya, mate»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	deck	deck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **deck** *in a quote* | future | I |  | ya |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Destination |

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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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