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title: Gang chanting «Maddie's got a boyfriend!» She's red and cross. Best… — Boys who look at Maddie oddly · tree and pragmatics
description: Gang chanting «Maddie's got a boyfriend!» She's red and cross. Best thing for a friend to do? Test 8 · ★★ 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 8 · ★★ · Boys who look at Maddie oddly

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Gang chanting «Maddie's got a boyfriend!» She's red and cross. Best thing for a friend to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gang, Maddie · **What happens:** chant, get, be, do · **To what, where:** boyfriend · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gang chanting «Maddie's got a boyfriend!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t8:1
# text = Gang chanting «Maddie's got a boyfriend!»
1	Gang	gang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	chanting	chant	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chant** | gerund | Gang *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | Maddie | a boyfriend |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boyfriend=Stimulus |

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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:* She's red and cross.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t8:2
# text = She's red and cross.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	cop	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Maddie |  |  |  |  | red *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Maddie *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Best thing for a friend to do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t8:3
# text = Best thing for a friend to do?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Write it on the board

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t8:o1:1
# text = Write it on the board
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the board |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on board=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Join in, it's only a bit of a laugh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t8:o2:1
# text = Join in, it's only a bit of a laugh
1	Join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a bit |  |  |  | of a laugh | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tell the boy that she likes him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t8:o3:1
# text = Tell the boy that she likes him
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the boy |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient |
| 2 | **like** | present | she | boy |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |

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

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Stop teasing and change the subject

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:t8:o4:1
# text = Stop teasing and change the subject
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	teasing	tease	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **tease** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **change** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the subject |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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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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