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title: Kieran: «bet I can eat my chips faster than you, bet ya, bet ya». Wh… — The copier and the one who competes at… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kieran: «bet I can eat my chips faster than you, bet ya, bet ya». What ends it fastest? Test 3 · ★ 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 cho
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# Test 3 · ★ · The copier and the one who competes at everything

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Kieran: «bet I can eat my chips faster than you, bet ya, bet ya». What ends it fastest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kieran · **What happens:** eat, bet, end · **To what, where:** ya, fastest

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kieran: «bet I can eat my chips faster than you, bet ya, bet ya».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t3:1
# text = Kieran: «bet I can eat my chips faster than you, bet ya, bet ya».
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bet	bet	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	bet	bet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
15	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bet	bet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
18	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | can | Kieran |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bet** *in a quote* | infinitive | Kieran *not said here* |  | ya |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 3 | **bet** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  | ya |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |

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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 ends it fastest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t3:2
# text = What ends it fastest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present |  | fastest |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Steal his chips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t3:o1:1
# text = Steal his chips
1	Steal	steal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | imperative | you *not said here* | his chips |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chip=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Tell him he's fat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t3:o2:1
# text = Tell him he's fat
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
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	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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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* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | fat *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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«You win, I'm not playing»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t3:o3:1
# text = «You win, I'm not playing»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** *in a quote* | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **play** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eat yours twice as fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t3:o4:1
# text = Eat yours twice as fast
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | yours |  |  |  | fast, twice *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent your=Patient |

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