--- title: «I'm still a bit scared of big boys. am I a wimp?» — What everyone learned about fights · tree and pragmatics description: «I'm still a bit scared of big boys. am I a wimp?» Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 395 «What everyone learned about fights» 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/395-what-everyone-learned/t3/) [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/) / [What everyone learned about fights](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★★ · What everyone learned about fights «I'm still a bit scared of big boys. am I a wimp?» **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** wimp This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 395 «What everyone learned about fights» 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/395-what-everyone-learned/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:t3:1 # text = «I'm still a bit scared of big boys. am I a wimp?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 12 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wimp wimp NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | still | of big boys; a bit *obl:unmarked*; scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | a wimp | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, being scared is normal; telling someone is brave ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:t3:o1:1 # text = No, being scared is normal; telling someone is brave 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 csubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 csubj _ _ 9 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 obj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | normal *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | someone | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | present | telling | | | | | brave *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only if you cry ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:t3:o2:1 # text = Only if you cry 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cry cry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | you | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yes, real kids are never scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:t3:o3:1 # text = Yes, real kids are never scared 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | real kids | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, until you fight one and see they're not scary ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:t3:o4:1 # text = Yes, until you fight one and see they're not scary 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 until until SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fight fight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 scary scary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | present | you | one | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Co-Agent | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | they | | | | | scary *property* | tree rules | **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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