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title: Jess: «my dog's cuter than yours». If Lily says «OK, cool» every tim… — The copier and the one who competes at… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jess: «my dog's cuter than yours». If Lily says «OK, cool» every time, what would most likely happen? Test 8 · ★ 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 opti
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# Test 8 · ★ · The copier and the one who competes at everything

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Jess: «my dog's cuter than yours». If Lily says «OK, cool» every time, what would most likely happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Lily, time · **What happens:** jess, say, happen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jess: «my dog's cuter than yours».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t8:1
# text = Jess: «my dog's cuter than yours».
1	Jess	jess	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	cuter	cute	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	parataxis	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jess** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* If Lily says «OK, cool» every time, what would most likely happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t8:2
# text = If Lily says «OK, cool» every time, what would most likely happen?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	OK	ok	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	15	advmod	_	_
15	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lily |  |  |  | time |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **happen** | would | every time |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Jess moves to Spain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t8:o1:1
# text = Jess moves to Spain
1	Jess	Jess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | Jess |  | Spain |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to spain=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Jess gets more and more competitive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t8:o2:1
# text = Jess gets more and more competitive
1	Jess	Jess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	competitive	competitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Jess | more |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Jess runs out of things to compare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t8:o3:1
# text = Jess runs out of things to compare
1	Jess	Jess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	compare	compare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | Jess |  |  | things |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out thing=Trajectory |
| 2 | **compare** | to-infinitive | Jess *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lily loses her dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t8:o4:1
# text = Lily loses her dog
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | Lily | Lily's dog |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Eventuality |

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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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