--- title: Kieran's uncle used to say «hit back or be a target». What changed h… — What everyone learned about fights · tree and pragmatics description: Kieran's uncle used to say «hit back or be a target». What changed his mind? Test 6 · ★★★ 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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★★ · What everyone learned about fights Kieran's uncle used to say «hit back or be a target». What changed his mind? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle · **What happens:** use, say, hit back, be, change, mind · **To what, where:** target, mind · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kieran's uncle used to say «hit back or be a target». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:t6:1 # text = Kieran's uncle used to say «hit back or be a target». 1 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 hit hit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 target target NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | Kieran's uncle | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Kieran's uncle *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **hit back** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a target | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* What changed his mind? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:t6:2 # text = What changed his mind? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | | uncle's mind | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 2 | **mind** | | uncle | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Seeing Kieran do well with rules and teamwork ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:t6:o1:1 # text = Seeing Kieran do well with rules and teamwork 1 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 teamwork teamwork NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | | Kieran | | | | with rules and teamwork; well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kieran=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Kieran beating someone up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:t6:o2:1 # text = Kieran beating someone up 1 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat up** | gerund | Kieran | someone | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location someone=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Losing a fight himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:t6:o3:1 # text = Losing a fight himself 1 Losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | gerund | | a fight | | | | himself *= he* *obl* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} A strong letter from the police to his family ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:t6:o4:1 # text = A strong letter from the police to his family 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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