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description: ★ What would happen if Noah's friends believed «a bit tingly, it's nothing»? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 51 «Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 6 · ★ · Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult

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★ What would happen if Noah's friends believed «a bit tingly, it's nothing»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, friends, bit · **What happens:** happen, believe, be · **To what, where:** nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 51 «Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult» 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/51-just-a-scratch-and-i-m-fine-when-to-worry-and-tell-an-adult/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:51-just-a-scratch-and-i-m-fine-when-to-worry-and-tell-an-adult:t6:1
# text = ★ What would happen if Noah's friends believed «a bit tingly, it's nothing»?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	tingly	tingly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Noah's friends |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | bit | nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He would get better faster by playing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:51-just-a-scratch-and-i-m-fine-when-to-worry-and-tell-an-adult:t6:o1:1
# text = He would get better faster by playing
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | He |  |  |  |  | fast, good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing at all, because tingly lips are always fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:51-just-a-scratch-and-i-m-fine-when-to-worry-and-tell-an-adult:t6:o2:1
# text = Nothing at all, because tingly lips are always fine
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	tingly	tingly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
10	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His lips would stop tingling the next day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:51-just-a-scratch-and-i-m-fine-when-to-worry-and-tell-an-adult:t6:o3:1
# text = His lips would stop tingling the next day
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	tingling	tingle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | His lips |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **tingle** | gerund | His lips *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A reaction could get dangerous before an adult knew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:51-just-a-scratch-and-i-m-fine-when-to-worry-and-tell-an-adult:t6:o4:1
# text = A reaction could get dangerous before an adult knew
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | could | a reaction |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **know** | past | a adult |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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