--- title: «Dev's my rival so I'll never shake his hand». Better idea? — Rival teams and the older bully · tree and pragmatics description: «Dev's my rival so I'll never shake his hand». Better idea? Test 9 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Rival teams and the older bully](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Rival teams and the older bully «Dev's my rival so I'll never shake his hand». Better idea? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dev, I · **What happens:** be, not shake · **To what, where:** rival, hand This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Dev's my rival so I'll never shake his hand». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t9:1 # text = «Dev's my rival so I'll never shake his hand». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Dev Dev PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 rival rival NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Dev | my rival | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **shake** *in a quote* | future | I | Dev's hand | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* Better idea? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t9:2 # text = Better idea? 1 Better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Never speak to him again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t9:o1:1 # text = Never speak to him 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 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | again | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Shake hands, rivals deserve respect ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t9:o2:1 # text = Shake hands, rivals deserve respect 1 Shake shake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 rivals rival NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | hands | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 2 | **deserve** | present | rivals | respect | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Quit swimming so you can't ever lose to him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t9:o3:1 # text = Quit swimming so you can't ever lose to him 1 Quit quit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 swimming swimming NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 8 advmod _ _ 8 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quit** | imperative | you *not said here* | swimming | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swimming=Source | | 2 | **not** **lose** | can | you | | him *= he* | | ever | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Make him fall in the pool ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t9:o4:1 # text = Make him fall in the pool 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | the pool | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pool=Location | **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. 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