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title: «my mates have all got Air Max, I'll just say mine are in the wash,… — Hiding it from friends: being skint at… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my mates have all got Air Max, I'll just say mine are in the wash, easy». What will probably happen? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» 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 1 · ★★ · Hiding it from friends: being skint at school

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«my mates have all got Air Max, I'll just say mine are in the wash, easy». What will probably happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mates, I, mine · **What happens:** get, say, be, happen · **To what, where:** Air Max, wash · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» 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/489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «my mates have all got Air Max, I'll just say mine are in the wash, easy».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t1:1
# text = «my mates have all got Air Max, I'll just say mine are in the wash, easy».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	csubj	_	_
7	Air	Air	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	wash	wash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | my mates | Air Max |  |  |  | all *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer max=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mine |  |  | the wash |  |  | 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:* What will probably happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t1:2
# text = What will probably happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	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 | **happen** | future |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The fib will work forever, nobody checks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t1:o1:1
# text = The fib will work forever, nobody checks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fib	fib	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
8	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | future | the fib |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **check** | present | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Her mates will buy her the trainers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t1:o2:1
# text = Her mates will buy her the trainers
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | future | Her mates | the trainers | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary trainer=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her trainers will turn into Air Max

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t1:o3:1
# text = Her trainers will turn into Air Max
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Air	Air	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | future | Her trainers |  |  |  |  | into Air Max *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into max=Result |

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

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The fib will need more fibs and get tiring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t1:o4:1
# text = The fib will need more fibs and get tiring
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fib	fib	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	fibs	fib	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	tiring	tiring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | future | the fib | more fibs |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fib=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | the fib *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tiring *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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