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title: Ella talks about her sleepover in front of two girls who were not in… — Friendship troubles, being left out an… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying

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Ella talks about her sleepover in front of two girls who were not invited. They look hurt. What could she have done?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ella, girls · **What happens:** talk, not invite, look, hurt, do · **To what, where:** front, two girls

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 98 «Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying» 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/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella talks about her sleepover in front of two girls who were not invited.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:t9:1
# text = Ella talks about her sleepover in front of two girls who were not invited.
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | Ella |  |  | front of two girls |  | about Ella's sleepover | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about sleepover=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **invite** | past · passive |  | two girls |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

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*Sentence 2:* They look hurt.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:t9:2
# text = They look hurt.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | girls *= girl* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | participle | girls *= girl* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 3:* What could she have done?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:t9:3
# text = What could she have done?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | could · perfect | Ella |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Invited the whole class to stop it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:t9:o1:1
# text = Invited the whole class to stop it
1	Invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | participle |  | the whole class |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Recipient |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | class |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Told them they were not invited on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:t9:o2:1
# text = Told them they were not invited on purpose
1	Told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past |  |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **invite** | past · passive |  | they |  | purpose |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Talked about it more loudly to make it fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:t9:o3:1
# text = Talked about it more loudly to make it fun
1	Talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	fun	fun	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past |  |  |  |  |  | about it; loudly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  | fun *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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

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Talked about it later, away from them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:t9:o4:1
# text = Talked about it later, away from them
1	Talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past |  |  |  |  |  | about it; away, late *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |

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