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title: «Matilda's got her own room, bet she's never jealous of anyone». Wha… — The only child: a quiet house · tree and pragmatics
description: «Matilda's got her own room, bet she's never jealous of anyone». What happened at the sleepover? Test 4 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · The only child: a quiet house

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«Matilda's got her own room, bet she's never jealous of anyone». What happened at the sleepover?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Matilda, you · **What happens:** get, bet, not be, happen · **To what, where:** own room, sleepover · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» 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/498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Matilda's got her own room, bet she's never jealous of anyone».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t4:1
# text = «Matilda's got her own room, bet she's never jealous of anyone».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Matilda	Matilda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	csubj	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	bet	bet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | Matilda | Matilda's own room |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer room=Stimulus |
| 2 | **bet** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Matilda |  |  |  |  | of anyone; jealous *property* | 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 happened at the sleepover?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t4:2
# text = What happened at the sleepover?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  | the sleepover |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at sleepover=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Matilda was happy with no one to talk to

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t4:o1:1
# text = Matilda was happy with no one to talk to
1	Matilda	Matilda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
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** | past | Matilda |  |  |  |  | with no one; happy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | to-infinitive | Matilda *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shaniqua wished she had more sisters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t4:o2:1
# text = Shaniqua wished she had more sisters
1	Shaniqua	Shaniqua	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past | Shaniqua |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | Shaniqua | more sisters |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Each girl was jealous of the other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t4:o3:1
# text = Each girl was jealous of the other
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | each girl |  |  |  |  | of the other; jealous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither of them noticed anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t4:o4:1
# text = Neither of them noticed anything
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past | Neither | anything |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |

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