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title: Kieran copies Jake's haircut to fit in. Most likely result? — The copier and the one who competes at… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kieran copies Jake's haircut to fit in. Most likely result? Test 10 · ★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · The copier and the one who competes at everything

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Kieran copies Jake's haircut to fit in. Most likely result?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kieran · **What happens:** copy, fit in · **To what, where:** haircut

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kieran copies Jake's haircut to fit in.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t10:1
# text = Kieran copies Jake's haircut to fit in.
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	copies	copy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	haircut	haircut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | present | Kieran | Jake's haircut |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haircut=Theme |
| 2 | **fit in** | to-infinitive | Kieran *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Most likely result?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t10:2
# text = Most likely result?
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
2	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Everyone thinks he's Jake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t10:o1:1
# text = Everyone thinks he's Jake
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | he | Jake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He becomes leader

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t10:o2:1
# text = He becomes leader
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | He | leader |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Jake thanks him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t10:o3:1
# text = Jake thanks him
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thanks	thank	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | Jake |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He gets teased as a copy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t10:o4:1
# text = He gets teased as a copy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	teased	tease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	copy	copy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tease** | present · passive |  | He |  |  |  | as a copy | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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