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title: Mason never shows the phone, and one kid keeps teasing him. Another… — The friend with a PS6 · tree and pragmatics
description: Mason never shows the phone, and one kid keeps teasing him. Another says «leave it». Who did the kinder thing? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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 w
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# Test 9 · ★ · The friend with a PS6

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Mason never shows the phone, and one kid keeps teasing him. Another says «leave it». Who did the kinder thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mason, one kid, Another · **What happens:** not show, keep, tease, say, leave, do · **To what, where:** phone, kid, kinder thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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/434-the-friend-with-a-ps6/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mason never shows the phone, and one kid keeps teasing him.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t9:1
# text = Mason never shows the phone, and one kid keeps teasing him.
1	Mason	Mason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	teasing	tease	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **show** | present | Mason | the phone |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent phone=Recipient |
| 2 | **keep** | present | one kid |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **tease** | gerund | one kid *not said here* | kid |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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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:* Another says «leave it».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t9:2
# text = Another says «leave it».
1	Another	another	PRON	DT	PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Another |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | phone |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Who did the kinder thing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t9:3
# text = Who did the kinder thing?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	kinder	kind	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the kinder thing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The one who kept teasing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t9:o1:1
# text = The one who kept teasing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	teasing	tease	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the one |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tease** | gerund | the one *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neither, they should check his bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t9:o2:1
# text = Neither, they should check his bag
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | should | they | his bag |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both did the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t9:o3:1
# text = Both did the same
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Both | the same |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The one who said «leave it»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t9:o4:1
# text = The one who said «leave it»
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the one |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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