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title: «me? scared? never.» *checks behind door twice*. What's going on? — Nightmares after a scary game · tree and pragmatics
description: «me? scared? never.» *checks behind door twice*. What's going on? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 402 «Nightmares after a scary game» 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 4 · ★ · Nightmares after a scary game

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«me? scared? never.» \*checks behind door twice\*. What's going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** check, go on · **To what, where:** door

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 402 «Nightmares after a scary game» 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «me? scared? never.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t4:1
# text = «me? scared? never.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* \*checks behind door twice\*.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t4:2
# text = *checks behind door twice*.
1	*	*	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	*	*	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present |  |  |  | door |  | twice *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind door=Location |

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*Sentence 3:* What's going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t4:3
# text = What's going on?
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	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Zara is never scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t4:o1:1
# text = Zara is never scared
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Zara |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Zara has lost her phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t4:o2:1
# text = Zara has lost her phone
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect | Zara | Zara's phone |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Zara is looking for treasure under the bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t4:o3:1
# text = Zara is looking for treasure under the bed
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present · progressive | Zara |  |  | the bed |  | for treasure | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for treasure=Theme under bed=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Zara is hiding that she's scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t4:o4:1
# text = Zara is hiding that she's scared
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present · progressive | Zara |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Zara |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |

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