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title: «just copy the finishing move on him at school, it's funny». What's… — Copying game moves on a little brother · tree and pragmatics
description: «just copy the finishing move on him at school, it's funny». What's likely to happen? Test 6 · ★★ 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 righ
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Copying game moves on a little brother

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«just copy the finishing move on him at school, it's funny». What's likely to happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, move · **What happens:** copy, be, happen · **To what, where:** finishing move, school

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «just copy the finishing move on him at school, it's funny».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t6:1
# text = «just copy the finishing move on him at school, it's funny».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	finishing	finishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the finishing move |  | school |  | on him *= he* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent move=Theme on he=Destination |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | move |  |  |  |  | funny *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 likely to happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t6:2
# text = What's likely to happen?
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	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	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 |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Someone gets hurt and you get in serious trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t6:o1:1
# text = Someone gets hurt and you get in serious trouble
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · passive |  | Someone |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | present | you |  |  | serious trouble |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The teacher joins in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t6:o2:1
# text = The teacher joins in
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	joins	join	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join in** | present | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You get famous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t6:o3:1
# text = You get famous
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | You |  |  |  |  | famous *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Everyone laughs and nothing much happens to anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t6:o4:1
# text = Everyone laughs and nothing much happens to anyone
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **happen** | present | nothing |  |  |  |  | to anyone | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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