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title: Ellie borrowed Maddie's word list «for luck» and won. What's the wis… — The copier and the one who competes at… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ellie borrowed Maddie's word list «for luck» and won. What's the wisest reaction? Test 9 · ★ 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 wa
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# Test 9 · ★ · The copier and the one who competes at everything

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Ellie borrowed Maddie's word list «for luck» and won. What's the wisest reaction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ellie, Maddie, wisest reaction · **What happens:** borrow, win, list, be · **To what, where:** word list

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ellie borrowed Maddie's word list «for luck» and won.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t9:1
# text = Ellie borrowed Maddie's word list «for luck» and won.
1	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | past | Ellie | Maddie's word list |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | past | Ellie *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **list** |  | Maddie |  |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: 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's the wisest reaction?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t9:2
# text = What's the wisest reaction?
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	wisest	wise	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reaction	reaction	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 wisest reaction |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Lose gracefully and make new tricks for next time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t9:o1:1
# text = Lose gracefully and make new tricks for next time
1	Lose	lose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	gracefully	gracefully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | gracefully *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present | you *not said here* | new tricks |  |  | time |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trick=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Give up spelling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t9:o2:1
# text = Give up spelling
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Never speak to Ellie again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t9:o3:1
# text = Never speak to Ellie again
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Ellie |  | again |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to ellie=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Accuse her in front of everyone of stealing the list

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t9:o4:1
# text = Accuse her in front of everyone of stealing the list
1	Accuse	accuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accuse** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  | front of everyone |  |  | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | gerund |  | the list |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location list=Theme |

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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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