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title: A boomer coach shouts "you guys did rad today, played real good!" ("… — Adjectives and adverbs: describing thi… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boomer coach shouts "you guys did rad today, played real good!" ("Rad" means great.) In school writing, how would you put his praise? Test 6 of lesson 4 «Adjectives and adverbs: describing things and actions» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 6 · Adjectives and adverbs: describing things and actions

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A boomer coach shouts "you guys did rad today, played real good!" ("Rad" means great.) In school writing, how would you put his praise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boomer coach, you, Rad · **What happens:** shout, do, play, mean, put, praise · **To what, where:** real good, praise, school writing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 4 «Adjectives and adverbs: describing things and actions» of the language 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/language/4-adjectives-and-adverbs/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boomer coach shouts "you guys did rad today, played real good!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:4-adjectives-and-adverbs:t6:1
# text = A boomer coach shouts "you guys did rad today, played real good!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	boomer	boomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	guys	guy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	rad	rad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | a boomer coach |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past | you |  |  |  | today | rad *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **play** *in a quote* | past |  | real good |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Theme |

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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:* ("Rad" means great.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:4-adjectives-and-adverbs:t6:2
# text = ("Rad" means great.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Rad	rad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Rad |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* In school writing, how would you put his praise?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:4-adjectives-and-adverbs:t6:3
# text = In school writing, how would you put his praise?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | would | you | Rad's praise |  | school writing |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent praise=Theme in writing=Destination |
| 2 | **praise** |  | Rad |  |  |  |  |  | nom praise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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You played very well today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:4-adjectives-and-adverbs:t6:o1:1
# text = You played very well today
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | You |  |  |  | today | well *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You played real goodest today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:4-adjectives-and-adverbs:t6:o2:1
# text = You played real goodest today
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	goodest	goodest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | You |  |  |  | today |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You played goodly today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:4-adjectives-and-adverbs:t6:o3:1
# text = You played goodly today
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	goodly	goodly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | You |  |  |  | today | goodly *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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You played rad good today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:4-adjectives-and-adverbs:t6:o4:1
# text = You played rad good today
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rad	rad	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | You | good |  |  | today | rad *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Theme |

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