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title: «leo's little bro wants to see the scary game, just show him, he's 6… — Nightmares after a scary game · tree and pragmatics
description: «leo's little bro wants to see the scary game, just show him, he's 6». Good idea? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Nightmares after a scary game

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«leo's little bro wants to see the scary game, just show him, he's 6». Good idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little bro, bro · **What happens:** want, see, show, be · **To what, where:** scary game, bro, 6

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «leo's little bro wants to see the scary game, just show him, he's 6».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t7:1
# text = «leo's little bro wants to see the scary game, just show him, he's 6».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	leo	leo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** *in a quote* | present | leo's little bro |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | leo's little bro *not said here* | the scary game |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer game=Stimulus |
| 3 | **show** *in a quote* | infinitive | leo's little bro *not said here* |  | bro |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | bro | 6 |  |  |  |  | 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:* Good idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t7:2
# text = Good idea?
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, if he sits at the back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, if he sits at the back
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | he |  |  | the back |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at back=Location |

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

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No, it would scare him even more than Leo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t7:o2:1
# text = No, it would scare him even more than Leo
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | would | it | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, he needs to toughen up like the big kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, he needs to toughen up like the big kids
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	toughen	toughen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **toughen up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like the big kids | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only the bloodiest bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t7:o4:1
# text = Only the bloodiest bit
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bloodiest	bloody	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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