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title: In a cartoon, the mean popular girl turns kind forever after one hug… — Nice alone, mean in a group · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, the mean popular girl turns kind forever after one hug. What's more realistic? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 468 «Nice alone, mean in a group» 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Nice alone, mean in a group

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In a cartoon, the mean popular girl turns kind forever after one hug. What's more realistic?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mean popular girl · **What happens:** turn, be · **To what, where:** kind

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the mean popular girl turns kind forever after one hug.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t6:1
# text = In a cartoon, the mean popular girl turns kind forever after one hug.
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	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	hug	hug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | the mean popular girl | kind |  |  | after one hug | in a cartoon; forever *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent kind=Patient in cartoon=Topic |

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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 realistic?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t6:2
# text = What's more realistic?
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	realistic	realistic	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 |  |  |  |  |  | realistic *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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One hug fixes everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t6:o1:1
# text = One hug fixes everything
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hug	hug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fixes	fix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present | One hug | everything |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent everything=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Frenemies never change at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t6:o2:1
# text = Frenemies never change at all
1	Frenemies	frenemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | present | Frenemies |  |  | all |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A magic spell is needed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t6:o3:1
# text = A magic spell is needed
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present · passive |  | a magic spell |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Talking it through, or spending time with kinder friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t6:o4:1
# text = Talking it through, or spending time with kinder friends
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	through	through	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	spending	spend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	kinder	kind	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | through *property* | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **spend** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time | with kinder friends | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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