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title: «grace copied my trainers, she's literally stealing my whole life».… — The copier and the one who competes at… · tree and pragmatics
description: «grace copied my trainers, she's literally stealing my whole life». What's the fairer view? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 469 «The copier and the one who competes at everything» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 1 · ★ · The copier and the one who competes at everything

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«grace copied my trainers, she's literally stealing my whole life». What's the fairer view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grace, fairer view · **What happens:** copy, steal, be · **To what, where:** trainers, whole life

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 469 «The copier and the one who competes at everything» 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/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «grace copied my trainers, she's literally stealing my whole life».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t1:1
# text = «grace copied my trainers, she's literally stealing my whole life».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	grace	grace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** *in a quote* | past | grace | my trainers |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trainer=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** *in a quote* | present · progressive | grace | my whole life |  |  |  | literally *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location life=Theme |

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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 fairer view?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t1:2
# text = What's the fairer view?
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	5	det	_	_
4	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 fairer view |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Grace is a criminal and should be told off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t1:o1:1
# text = Grace is a criminal and should be told off
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	criminal	criminal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Grace | a criminal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | should · passive | Grace *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Copying clothes is often admiration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t1:o2:1
# text = Copying clothes is often admiration
1	Copying	copy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	admiration	admiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | gerund |  | clothes |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Copying | admiration |  |  |  | often *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lily should change school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t1:o3:1
# text = Lily should change school
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | should | Lily | school |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Trainers can't be copied

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t1:o4:1
# text = Trainers can't be copied
1	Trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	copied	copy	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 | **not** **copy** | can · passive |  | Trainers |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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