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title: «Dean's been shoving me since Year 2 lol, it's just what he does». S… — The kid who has it in for you · tree and pragmatics
description: «Dean's been shoving me since Year 2 lol, it's just what he does». Should Sam just put up with it? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 471 «The kid who has it in for you» 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 was w
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# Test 1 · ★ · The kid who has it in for you

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«Dean's been shoving me since Year 2 lol, it's just what he does». Should Sam just put up with it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dean, it, Sam · **What happens:** shove, be, do, put up · **To what, where:** me

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 471 «The kid who has it in for you» 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/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Dean's been shoving me since Year 2 lol, it's just what he does».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:t1:1
# text = «Dean's been shoving me since Year 2 lol, it's just what he does».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Dean	Dean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux	_	_
5	shoving	shove	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	since	since	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	flat	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obl	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shove** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Dean | me |  |  | since Year |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present | Dean |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* Should Sam just put up with it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:t1:2
# text = Should Sam just put up with it?
1	Should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put up** | should | Sam |  |  |  |  | with it | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, grudges always fade on their own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, grudges always fade on their own
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	grudges	grudge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	fade	fade	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fade** | present | grudges |  |  | grudges's own |  | always *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, telling makes it worse every time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, telling makes it worse every time
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present | telling | it |  |  | time | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, shove him back harder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:t1:o3:1
# text = No, shove him back harder
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	shove	shove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shove back** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, tell a teacher, that's how it stops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:t1:o4:1
# text = No, tell a teacher, that's how it stops
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
```

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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* |  | a teacher |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **stop** | present | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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