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title: «why's my mum reading the letters from the Scottish girl, so cringe»… — The friend in the game you never met,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «why's my mum reading the letters from the Scottish girl, so cringe». Why does she check? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 480 «The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend

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«why's my mum reading the letters from the Scottish girl, so cringe». Why does she check?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** read, check · **To what, where:** letters

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 480 «The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend» 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/480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «why's my mum reading the letters from the Scottish girl, so cringe».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:t12:1
# text = «why's my mum reading the letters from the Scottish girl, so cringe».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** *in a quote* | present · progressive | my mum | the letters |  |  |  | from the Scottish girl | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent letter=Topic from girl=Source |

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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:* Why does she check?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:t12:2
# text = Why does she check?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present · do-support | mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To keep the best drawings for herself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:t12:o1:1
# text = To keep the best drawings for herself
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	drawings	drawing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the best drawings |  |  |  | for herself *= she* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drawing=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To make sure the friend is real and safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:t12:o2:1
# text = To make sure the friend is real and safe
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **is** | present | the friend |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because she's nosy and bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:t12:o3:1
# text = Because she's nosy and bored
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	nosy	nosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | nosy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because Scotland is a dangerous place to write to

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:t12:o4:1
# text = Because Scotland is a dangerous place to write to
1	Because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	2	case	_	_
2	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a dangerous place |  |  |  | because Scotland | tree rules |
| 2 | **write** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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