--- title: «nah teams are even, jog on». What's the best next move? — Joining a game, and the shy kid · tree and pragmatics description: «nah teams are even, jog on». What's the best next move? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 466 «Joining a game, and the shy kid» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Joining a game, and the shy kid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Joining a game, and the shy kid «nah teams are even, jog on». What's the best next move? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teams, best next move · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** jog This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 466 «Joining a game, and the shy kid» 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/466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «nah teams are even, jog on». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:t1:1 # text = «nah teams are even, jog on». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 nah nah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 3 teams team NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 jog jog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 on on ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | teams | jog | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's the best next move? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:t1:2 # text = What's the best next move? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 5 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the best next move | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Call them names from far away, then run off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:t1:o1:1 # text = Call them names from far away, then run off 1 Call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | far *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme name=Result | | 2 | **run off** | infinitive | | | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Never ask anyone ever again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:t1:o2:1 # text = Never ask anyone ever again 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 2 advmod _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | anyone | | ever; again | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Take the ball off them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:t1:o3:1 # text = Take the ball off them 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 off off ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the ball | | | | off them *= they* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent ball=Theme off they=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Watch, then ask again when the game changes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:t1:o4:1 # text = Watch, then ask again when the game changes 1 Watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | then; again | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **change** | present | the game | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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