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title: Your friends call you a chicken for not jumping off the bridge into… — Mistakes, asking for help and saying no · tree and pragmatics
description: Your friends call you a chicken for not jumping off the bridge into the river. What is true? Test 5 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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 wr
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# Test 5 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no

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Your friends call you a chicken for not jumping off the bridge into the river. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friends · **What happens:** call, not jump off, be · **To what, where:** you, bridge, river · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your friends call you a chicken for not jumping off the bridge into the river.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t5:1
# text = Your friends call you a chicken for not jumping off the bridge into the river.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Your friends |  | you |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **jump off** | gerund | Your friends *not said here* | the bridge |  | the river |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme into river=Trajectory |

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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:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t5:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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You should jump but only feet first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t5:o1:1
# text = You should jump but only feet first
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | should | You |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Your safety matters more than looking brave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t5:o2:1
# text = Your safety matters more than looking brave
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | Your safety |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | Your safety *not said here* |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Being called a chicken is worse than getting hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t5:o3:1
# text = Being called a chicken is worse than getting hurt
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	csubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	getting	get	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund · passive |  | a chicken |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hurt** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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You should jump so they stop teasing you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t5:o4:1
# text = You should jump so they stop teasing you
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	teasing	tease	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | should | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **tease** | gerund | they *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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