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title: Jake and Zack haven't spoken for three days. Jake: «he's dead boring… — The new kid and the first day · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake and Zack haven't spoken for three days. Jake: «he's dead boring, I'm asking to move». Better idea? Test 6 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 6 · The new kid and the first day

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Jake and Zack haven't spoken for three days. Jake: «he's dead boring, I'm asking to move». Better idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jake, I · **What happens:** not speak, be, ask, move · **To what, where:** Jake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake and Zack haven't spoken for three days.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t6:1
# text = Jake and Zack haven't spoken for three days.
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Zack	Zack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive |  | Jake and Zack |  |  | day |  | 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:* Jake: «he's dead boring, I'm asking to move».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t6:2
# text = Jake: «he's dead boring, I'm asking to move».
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Jake |  |  |  |  | boring *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **move** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Better idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t6:3
# text = Better idea?
1	Better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Move on day three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t6:o1:1
# text = Move on day three
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ignore him forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t6:o2:1
# text = Ignore him forever
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Give it time, slow friendships can be great

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t6:o3:1
# text = Give it time, slow friendships can be great
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | time |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | can | slow friendships |  |  |  |  | great *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Tell the teacher Zack is boring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t6:o4:1
# text = Tell the teacher Zack is boring
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	Zack	Zack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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* |  | the teacher |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Zack |  |  |  |  | boring *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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