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title: «why's Leo suddenly ur best mate?? he never talked to u before». Wha… — Mia gets the newest console · tree and pragmatics
description: «why's Leo suddenly ur best mate?? he never talked to u before». What's fair to think? Test 6 of lesson 396 «Mia gets the newest console» 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 6 · Mia gets the newest console

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«why's Leo suddenly ur best mate?? he never talked to u before». What's fair to think?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo · **What happens:** be, not talk, u, think · **To what, where:** Leo, best mate

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This is test 6 of lesson 396 «Mia gets the newest console» 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/396-mia-gets-the-newest-console/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «why's Leo suddenly ur best mate?? he never talked to u before».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:t6:1
# text = «why's Leo suddenly ur best mate?? he never talked to u before».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	u	u	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	before	before	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | Leo |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **talk** *in a quote* | past | Leo | ur's best mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **u** *in a quote* | infinitive | Leo *not said here* |  |  |  |  | before *property* | tree rules |

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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:* What's fair to think?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:t6:2
# text = What's fair to think?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	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 |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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I should give him the console

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:t6:o1:1
# text = I should give him the console
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	console	console	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | should | I | the console | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient console=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He might like the console more than me, so I'll notice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:t6:o2:1
# text = He might like the console more than me, so I'll notice
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	console	console	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | might | He | the console |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot console=Theme |
| 2 | **notice** | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He must have always secretly liked me and was too shy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:t6:o3:1
# text = He must have always secretly liked me and was too shy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | must | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **like** | past | He *not said here* | me |  |  |  | always, secretly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot i=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | shy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He's definitely a bad person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:t6:o4:1
# text = He's definitely a bad person
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a bad person |  |  |  | definitely *property* | tree rules |

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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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