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title: In a cartoon, the new kid becomes the most popular in school by lunc… — The new kid and the first day · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, the new kid becomes the most popular in school by lunchtime on day one. What's more usual? Test 4 of lesson 465 «The new kid and the first day» 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 4 · The new kid and the first day

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In a cartoon, the new kid becomes the most popular in school by lunchtime on day one. What's more usual?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new kid · **What happens:** become, be · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 4 of lesson 465 «The new kid and the first day» 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/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the new kid becomes the most popular in school by lunchtime on day one.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon, the new kid becomes the most popular in school by lunchtime on day one.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	11	advmod	_	_
11	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	lunchtime	lunchtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | the new kid |  |  |  |  | in a cartoon *result*; by lunchtime on day; popular *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in cartoon=Result |

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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 more usual?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t4:2
# text = What's more usual?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | usual *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It takes a few weeks or months to settle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t4:o1:1
# text = It takes a few weeks or months to settle
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | It |  |  |  | week |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **settle** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Everyone always loves the new kid at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t4:o2:1
# text = Everyone always loves the new kid at once
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | Everyone | the new kid |  |  |  | always *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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New kids never make friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t4:o3:1
# text = New kids never make friends
1	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | present | New kids | friends |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only new kids with dogs make friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t4:o4:1
# text = Only new kids with dogs make friends
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | new kids with dogs | friends |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Product |

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