--- title: watching them push the new kid around, not my problem right — Bullying and how to stop it · tree and pragmatics description: watching them push the new kid around, not my problem right Test 15 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/55-bullying/t15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Bullying and how to stop it](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/55-bullying/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Bullying and how to stop it watching them push the new kid around, not my problem right **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** watch, push · **To what, where:** them, new kid This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t15:1 # text = watching them push the new kid around, not my problem right 1 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 csubj _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 around around ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 right right ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | the new kid | | | | my problem *obl*; around, right *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme | 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} Tell an adult and be kind to the new kid ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t15:o1:1 # text = Tell an adult and be kind to the new kid 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | to the new kid; kind *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Walk away and forget it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t15:o2:1 # text = Walk away and forget it 1 Walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 forget forget VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **forget** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Join in so they leave you alone and pick on him instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t15:o3:1 # text = Join in so they leave you alone and pick on him instead 1 Join join VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 instead instead ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join in** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | present | they | you | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 3 | **pick** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | on him *= he*; instead *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent on he=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Film it and post it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t15:o4:1 # text = Film it and post it 1 Film film VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 post post VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **film** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **post** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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. 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