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title: gonna punch him back tmrw, dad said stand up for urself — Bullying and how to stop it · tree and pragmatics
description: gonna punch him back tmrw, dad said stand up for urself Test 12 · ★ of lesson 55 «Bullying and how to stop it» 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 right.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Bullying and how to stop it

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gonna punch him back tmrw, dad said stand up for urself

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, dad · **What happens:** punch back, say, stand up · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 55 «Bullying and how to stop it» 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/55-bullying/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t12:1
# text = gonna punch him back tmrw, dad said stand up for urself
1	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	dep	_	_
2	punch	punch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	tmrw	tmrw	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	urself	urself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punch back** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | tmrw *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **stand up** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for urself | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Hitting back can get you hurt and make it worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t12:o1:1
# text = Hitting back can get you hurt and make it worse
1	Hitting	hit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | can | Hitting |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **hurt** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **make** | present | Hitting *not said here* | it |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, it is fine if he started it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, it is fine if he started it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	expl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **start** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, punching back always ends bullying for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, punching back always ends bullying for good
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	punching	punch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	bullying	bully	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punch back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **end** | present | punching |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **bully** | gerund | punching *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for good | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for good=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only punch him when no teacher looks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t12:o4:1
# text = Only punch him when no teacher looks
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	punch	punch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punch** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **look** | present | no teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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