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title: «that lad keeps lookin at me, he's deffo plottin summat, no cap». Is… — The kid who has it in for you · tree and pragmatics
description: «that lad keeps lookin at me, he's deffo plottin summat, no cap». Is that sure? Test 3 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · The kid who has it in for you

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«that lad keeps lookin at me, he's deffo plottin summat, no cap». Is that sure?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lad, that · **What happens:** keep, be · **To what, where:** deffo plottin summat

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «that lad keeps lookin at me, he's deffo plottin summat, no cap».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:t3:1
# text = «that lad keeps lookin at me, he's deffo plottin summat, no cap».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	lookin	lookin	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	deffo	deffo	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	plottin	plottin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	summat	summat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | that lad |  |  |  |  | at me; lookin *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at i=Location |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | lad | deffo plottin summat |  |  |  |  | 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:* Is that sure?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:t3:2
# text = Is that sure?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, he's definitely her best friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:t3:o1:1
# text = No, he's definitely her best friend
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | her best friend |  |  |  | definitely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, staring doesn't prove he's an enemy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:t3:o2:1
# text = No, staring doesn't prove he's an enemy
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **prove** | present · do-support | staring |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | he | a enemy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, hit him first to be safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, hit him first to be safe
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hit	hit	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	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | first *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, staring always means trouble is coming soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, staring always means trouble is coming soon
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	_
9	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | staring |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **come** | present · progressive | trouble |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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