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title: «alfie shouted FINISH HIM at nursery haha». Why did the teacher ring… — Copying game moves on a little brother · tree and pragmatics
description: «alfie shouted FINISH HIM at nursery haha». Why did the teacher ring home? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 403 «Copying game moves on a little brother» 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 right.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Copying game moves on a little brother

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«alfie shouted FINISH HIM at nursery haha». Why did the teacher ring home?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** alfie, teacher · **What happens:** shout, finish, ring · **To what, where:** alfie, nursery haha · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 403 «Copying game moves on a little brother» 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/403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «alfie shouted FINISH HIM at nursery haha».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t3:1
# text = «alfie shouted FINISH HIM at nursery haha».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	alfie	alfie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	FINISH	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
5	HIM	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	haha	haha	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | alfie |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **finish** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | alfie |  | nursery haha |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality |

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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:* Why did the teacher ring home?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t3:2
# text = Why did the teacher ring home?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ring	ring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past · do-support | the teacher |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The dinosaur was broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t3:o1:1
# text = The dinosaur was broken
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past · passive |  | the dinosaur |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shouting is against the rules at nursery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t3:o2:1
# text = Shouting is against the rules at nursery
1	Shouting	shouting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Shouting |  |  | nursery |  | against the rules | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Little kids copy older ones, so she wanted to know where it came from

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t3:o3:1
# text = Little kids copy older ones, so she wanted to know where it came from
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	copy	copy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | present | Little kids | older ones |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **come** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Alfie had won a prize

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t3:o4:1
# text = Alfie had won a prize
1	Alfie	Alfie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past · perfect | Alfie | a prize |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality |

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