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title: What would probably happen if Jules joined a hockey team? — The only child: a quiet house · tree and pragmatics
description: What would probably happen if Jules joined a hockey team? Test 5 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 5 · The only child: a quiet house

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What would probably happen if Jules joined a hockey team?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jules · **What happens:** happen, join · **To what, where:** hockey team

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t5:1
# text = What would probably happen if Jules joined a hockey team?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Jules	Jules	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hockey	hockey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **join** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Jules | a hockey team |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He'd stop being able to talk to any adults ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t5:o1:1
# text = He'd stop being able to talk to any adults ever
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **talk** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  | ever | to any adults | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to adult=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Nothing; teams don't help anyone make friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing; teams don't help anyone make friends
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	teams	team	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **help** | present · do-support | teams | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent anyone=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | infinitive | anyone *not said here* | friends |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He'd have to give up all his grown-up dinners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t5:o3:1
# text = He'd have to give up all his grown-up dinners
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
9	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
12	dinners	dinner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give up** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his grown dinners |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Source |
| 3 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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He'd get practice being silly with kids his age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t5:o4:1
# text = He'd get practice being silly with kids his age
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | He | practice |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer practice=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | practice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with kids; silly *property* | tree rules |

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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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