--- title: Gran: «Why d'you reckon that boy keeps showing off at the park?» Whi… — Showing off · tree and pragmatics description: Gran: «Why d'you reckon that boy keeps showing off at the park?» Which is the wisest guess? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 390 «Showing off» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/390-showing-off/t10/) [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/) / [Showing off](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/390-showing-off/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★★ · Showing off Gran: «Why d'you reckon that boy keeps showing off at the park?» Which is the wisest guess? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** d'you, boy · **What happens:** reckon, keep, show off, be · **To what, where:** park, wisest guess This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 390 «Showing off» 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/390-showing-off/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gran: «Why d'you reckon that boy keeps showing off at the park?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t10:1 # text = Gran: «Why d'you reckon that boy keeps showing off at the park?» 1 Gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 d'you d'you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 showing show VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** *in a quote* | present | d'you | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | boy | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **show off** *in a quote* | gerund | boy *not said here* | | | the park | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Which is the wisest guess? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t10:2 # text = Which is the wisest guess? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wisest wise ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 guess guess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the wisest guess | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He wants to be noticed and liked ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t10:o1:1 # text = He wants to be noticed and liked 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 _ 5 mark _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 liked like VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **notice** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING» | | 3 | **like** | participle | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 {#o2} He likes being hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t10:o2:1 # text = He likes being hurt 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | He | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **hurt** *not said to happen* | gerund · passive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | ### Option 3 {#o3} He is trying to get into trouble ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t10:o3:1 # text = He is trying to get into trouble 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · progressive | He | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | trouble | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into trouble=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} He wants to be left alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t10:o4:1 # text = He wants to be left alone 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 _ 5 mark _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 6 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | He *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» | **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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