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title: Lily's cousin says «stick wi' her when she's on her own, ken». What'… — Nice alone, mean in a group · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily's cousin says «stick wi' her when she's on her own, ken». What's the advice? Test 9 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Nice alone, mean in a group

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Lily's cousin says «stick wi' her when she's on her own, ken». What's the advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, advice · **What happens:** say, stick, be, ken · **To what, where:** wi · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily's cousin says «stick wi' her when she's on her own, ken».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t9:1
# text = Lily's cousin says «stick wi' her when she's on her own, ken».
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
7	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	ken	ken	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lily's cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stick** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | wi |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wi=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cousin |  |  |  |  | own *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **ken** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* What's the advice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t9:2
# text = What's the advice?
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	4	det	_	_
4	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Join her group and be mean too, so she's nicer to you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t9:o1:1
# text = Join her group and be mean too, so she's nicer to you
1	Join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	nicer	nice	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | imperative | you *not said here* | her group |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | she |  | you |  |  | nice *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Enjoy her alone but don't trust the group version

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t9:o2:1
# text = Enjoy her alone but don't trust the group version
1	Enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	trust	trust	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **trust** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | the group version |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent version=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Tell her mum about her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t9:o3:1
# text = Tell her mum about her
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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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* |  | her mum |  |  | about her *= she* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient about she=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Never see her again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t9:o4:1
# text = Never see her again
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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