--- title: A new boy keeps boasting about his huge house and his fast bike. Usi… — Showing off · tree and pragmatics description: A new boy keeps boasting about his huge house and his fast bike. Using the lesson, what will most likely help? 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Using the lesson, what will most likely help? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new boy · **What happens:** keep, boast, use · **To what, where:** lesson This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A new boy keeps boasting about his huge house and his fast bike. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t8:1 # text = A new boy keeps boasting about his huge house and his fast bike. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 boasting boast VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | a new boy | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **boast** *speech: other* | gerund | a new boy *not said here* | | | | | about boy's huge house and boy's fast bike | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about house=Topic | 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:* Using the lesson, what will most likely help? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t8:2 # text = Using the lesson, what will most likely help? 1 Using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 1 obl _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 7 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 8 advmod _ _ 8 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | | the lesson | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Leave him out until he stops ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t8:o1:1 # text = Leave him out until he stops 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 until until SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave out** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | present | he | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Boast about your house too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t8:o2:1 # text = Boast about your house too 1 Boast boast NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Tell him he's a liar ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t8:o3:1 # text = Tell him he's a liar 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 liar liar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | present | he | a liar | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Be friendly to him as he is ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t8:o4:1 # text = Be friendly to him as he is 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ _ 2 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | friendly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | present | he | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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