--- title: new kid never talks to anyone, prob thinks hes better than us — Thinking cleverly about people · tree and pragmatics description: new kid never talks to anyone, prob thinks hes better than us Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/60-reasoning-about-people/t10/) [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/) / [Thinking cleverly about people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/60-reasoning-about-people/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people new kid never talks to anyone, prob thinks hes better than us **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new kid, prob · **What happens:** not talk, think · **To what, where:** hes This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» 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/60-reasoning-about-people/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t10:1 # text = new kid never talks to anyone, prob thinks hes better than us 1 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 talks talk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 prob prob NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 hes he NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **talk** | present | new kid | | | | | to anyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | prob | hes | | | | well *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=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 {#o1} He is quiet because he is angry ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t10:o1:1 # text = He is quiet because he is angry 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | he | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He clearly does not like any of you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t10:o2:1 # text = He clearly does not like any of you 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | He | any | | | | clearly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot any=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He may be shy or new, not unfriendly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t10:o3:1 # text = He may be shy or new, not unfriendly 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 unfriendly unfriendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | may | He | | | | | shy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | He *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **be** | | He *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He must be stuck up and rude ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t10:o4:1 # text = He must be stuck up and rude 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick up** | must · passive | | He | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | **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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