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title: What would probably happen if Kacper kept looking after his brothers… — Minding the little ones: «you're the o… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would probably happen if Kacper kept looking after his brothers every night and told no one? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»

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What would probably happen if Kacper kept looking after his brothers every night and told no one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kacper · **What happens:** happen, keep, look, tell · **To what, where:** one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» 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/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t2:1
# text = What would probably happen if Kacper kept looking after his brothers every night and told no one?
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	Kacper	Kacper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Kacper |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | gerund | Kacper *not said here* |  |  |  | after Kacper's brothers; night |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Kacper *not said here* | no one |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He'd get more rested as time went on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t2:o1:1
# text = He'd get more rested as time went on
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	rested	rest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | would · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **go on** | past |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing at all would change for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t2:o2:1
# text = Nothing at all would change for him
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | Nothing |  |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His homework would get easier and easier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t2:o3:1
# text = His homework would get easier and easier
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | His homework |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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He'd stay tired and his school would suffer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t2:o4:1
# text = He'd stay tired and his school would suffer
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	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	suffer	suffer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | would | He |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **suffer** | would | his school |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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