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What would most likely happen? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sam, Kieran, that · **What happens:** think, ignore, teach, happen · **To what, where:** Sam, Kieran, front · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 468 «Nice alone, mean in a group» 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/468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sam thinks: «Kieran ignored me, so I'll ignore him in front of my mates, that'll teach him». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t3:1 # text = Sam thinks: «Kieran ignored me, so I'll ignore him in front of my mates, that'll teach him». 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ignored ignore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 ignore ignore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Sam | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **ignore** *in a quote* | past | Kieran | Sam | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **ignore** *in a quote* | future | Sam | Kieran | | front of my mates | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | future | that | | Kieran | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | 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 would most likely happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t3:2 # text = What would most likely happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Sam becomes popular ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t3:o1:1 # text = Sam becomes popular 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | Sam | | | | | popular *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Two people feel bad and nothing is fixed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t3:o2:1 # text = Two people feel bad and nothing is fixed 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | Two people | | | | | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **fix** | present · passive | | nothing | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The cool kids give Sam a medal ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t3:o3:1 # text = The cool kids give Sam a medal 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 medal medal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | the cool kids | a medal | Sam | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent sam=Recipient medal=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Kieran learns and says sorry at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t3:o4:1 # text = Kieran learns and says sorry at once 1 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 learns learn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | present | Kieran | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | present | Kieran *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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