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title: Toby: «£5 is nothing lol». What would have been a kinder thing to say? — Friends who only come for the pool: ri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Toby: «£5 is nothing lol». What would have been a kinder thing to say? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 492 «Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours» 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 
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours

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Toby: «£5 is nothing lol». What would have been a kinder thing to say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** nothing, kinder thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 492 «Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours» 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/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Toby: «£5 is nothing lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:t5:1
# text = Toby: «£5 is nothing lol».
1	Toby	Toby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	1	appos	_	_
8	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | 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 would have been a kinder thing to say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:t5:2
# text = What would have been a kinder thing to say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	kinder	kind	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would · perfect |  | a kinder thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«I'll pay for anyone who's poor!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:t5:o1:1
# text = «I'll pay for anyone who's poor!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** *in a quote* | future | I |  |  |  |  | for anyone | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for anyone=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | poor *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing about the price at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing about the price at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«My pocket money's £20, so easy.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:t5:o3:1
# text = «My pocket money's £20, so easy.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«£5? That's way too cheap, man.»

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*Sentence 1:* «£5?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:t5:o4:1
# text = «£5?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* That's way too cheap, man.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:t5:o4:2
# text = That's way too cheap, man.»
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

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