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title: Ben wants to play dragons again. Connor: «bruh, no». Which move keep… — Growing apart · tree and pragmatics
description: Ben wants to play dragons again. Connor: «bruh, no». Which move keeps it kind? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 464 «Growing 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Growing apart

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Ben wants to play dragons again. Connor: «bruh, no». Which move keeps it kind?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ben · **What happens:** want, play, move, keep · **To what, where:** dragons, it

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 464 «Growing 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/464-growing-apart/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben wants to play dragons again.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:t4:1
# text = Ben wants to play dragons again.
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ben *not said here* | dragons |  |  | again |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=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:* Connor: «bruh, no».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:t4:2
# text = Connor: «bruh, no».
1	Connor	Connor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Which move keeps it kind?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:t4:3
# text = Which move keeps it kind?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	csubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **move** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | present |  | it |  |  |  | kind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Tell everyone Ben is a baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:t4:o1:1
# text = Tell everyone Ben is a baby
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	iobj	_	_
3	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Ben | a baby |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Suggest something new to play together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:t4:o2:1
# text = Suggest something new to play together
1	Suggest	suggest	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | imperative | you *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Play dragons every day till Ben gets bored of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:t4:o3:1
# text = Play dragons every day till Ben gets bored of it
1	Play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	bored	bore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* | dragons |  |  | day |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme |
| 2 | **bore** | present · passive |  | Ben |  |  |  | of it | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hide in the toilets every break

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:t4:o4:1
# text = Hide in the toilets every break
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	toilets	toilet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | every break |  | the toilets |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent break=Patient in toilet=Location |

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