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title: Jake goes in late on your ankles «by accident» for the third time. W… — The copier and the one who competes at… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake goes in late on your ankles «by accident» for the third time. What's the best move? Test 4 · ★ 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 ch
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# Test 4 · ★ · The copier and the one who competes at everything

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Jake goes in late on your ankles «by accident» for the third time. What's the best move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jake, best move · **What happens:** go in, be

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake goes in late on your ankles «by accident» for the third time.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t4:1
# text = Jake goes in late on your ankles «by accident» for the third time.
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ankles	ankle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	_
15	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go in** | present | Jake |  |  |  | time | by accident; late *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by accident=Location |

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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 best move?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t4:2
# text = What's the best move?
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	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	move	move	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 best move |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Go in harder on his ankles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t4:o1:1
# text = Go in harder on his ankles
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	ankles	ankle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Quit football altogether

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t4:o2:1
# text = Quit football altogether
1	Quit	quit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quit** | imperative | you *not said here* | football |  |  |  | altogether *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Source |

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

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Tell the coach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t4:o3:1
# text = Tell the coach
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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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* | the coach |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent coach=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pretend you didn't notice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t4:o4:1
# text = Pretend you didn't notice
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **notice** | past · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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