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title: In a film, the little kid beats up the big bully and everyone claps.… — Rival teams and the older bully · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, the little kid beats up the big bully and everyone claps. What actually works best with an older bully? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 472 «Rival teams and the older bully» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Rival teams and the older bully

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In a film, the little kid beats up the big bully and everyone claps. What actually works best with an older bully?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little kid · **What happens:** beat up, work · **To what, where:** big bully

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 472 «Rival teams and the older bully» 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/472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, the little kid beats up the big bully and everyone claps.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t11:1
# text = In a film, the little kid beats up the big bully and everyone claps.
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	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	beats	beat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	15	compound	_	_
15	claps	clap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat up** | present | the little kid | the big bully and everyone claps |  |  |  | in a film | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent bully=Patient in film=Topic |

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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 actually works best with an older bully?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t11:2
# text = What actually works best with an older bully?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with a older bully; actually, well *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent what=Material |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Giving him all your stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t11:o1:1
# text = Giving him all your stuff
1	Giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	stuff	stuff	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** | gerund |  | your stuff | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient stuff=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Fighting him like in the film

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t11:o2:1
# text = Fighting him like in the film
1	Fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | like the film | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Becoming a bully yourself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t11:o3:1
# text = Becoming a bully yourself
1	Becoming	become	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
4	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | gerund |  | a bully |  |  |  | yourself *obl* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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

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Getting a grown-up involved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t11:o4:1
# text = Getting a grown-up involved
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	involved	involved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | involved *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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