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title: «a big kid nicked my money!!» — but there was no big kid. What could… — When the story falls apart · tree and pragmatics
description: «a big kid nicked my money!!» — but there was no big kid. What could have happened to an innocent kid? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» 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
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# Test 5 · ★★ · When the story falls apart

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«a big kid nicked my money!!» — but there was no big kid. What could have happened to an innocent kid?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big kid · **What happens:** nick, be, happen · **To what, where:** money · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» 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/431-when-the-story-falls-apart/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «a big kid nicked my money!!» — but there was no big kid.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t5:1
# text = «a big kid nicked my money!!» — but there was no big kid.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	nicked	nick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
10	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	13	expl	_	_
13	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
15	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** *in a quote* | participle | a big kid | my money |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | past | no big kid |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 could have happened to an innocent kid?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t5:2
# text = What could have happened to an innocent kid?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	innocent	innocent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | could · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | to a innocent kid | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, because made-up kids can't be blamed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t5:o1:1
# text = Nothing, because made-up kids can't be blamed
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
8	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	blamed	blame	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 | **make up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **blame** | can · passive |  | Nothing |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He would get the money back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t5:o2:1
# text = He would get the money back
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | would | He | the money |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He could have been blamed and in trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t5:o3:1
# text = He could have been blamed and in trouble
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | could · perfect · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would get a prize for being honest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t5:o4:1
# text = He would get a prize for being honest
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | He | a prize |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prize=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | honest *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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