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description: In a film, the rival gets his revenge by copying the hero's secret move. What happened in real life with the chess trap? Test 6 · ★ 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 questi
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# Test 6 · ★ · The copier and the one who competes at everything

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In a film, the rival gets his revenge by copying the hero's secret move. What happened in real life with the chess trap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rival, hero · **What happens:** get, copy, revenge, move, happen · **To what, where:** revenge, film, secret move, real life

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, the rival gets his revenge by copying the hero's secret move.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t6:1
# text = In a film, the rival gets his revenge by copying the hero's secret move.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rival	rival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the rival | rival's revenge |  | a film |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer revenge=Stimulus |
| 2 | **copy** | gerund | the rival *not said here* | the hero's secret move |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent move=Theme |
| 3 | **revenge** |  | rival |  |  |  |  |  | nom revenge «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **move** |  | the hero |  |  |  |  |  | nom move «act intransitive»: poss=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:* What happened in real life with the chess trap?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t6:2
# text = What happened in real life with the chess trap?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	chess	chess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  | real life |  | with the chess trap | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in life=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A laugh was enough and it got a fair name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t6:o1:1
# text = A laugh was enough and it got a fair name
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | a laugh |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | laugh | a fair name |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They never spoke again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t6:o2:1
# text = They never spoke again
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | past | They |  |  |  | again |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Kofi invented it really

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t6:o3:1
# text = Kofi invented it really
1	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past | Kofi | it |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sam sued Kofi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t6:o4:1
# text = Sam sued Kofi
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sued	sue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sue** | past | Sam | Kofi |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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