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title: Grandad finds Darragh with a can from an older lad: «ya wee chancer,… — Energy drinks: why they're not for kids · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad finds Darragh with a can from an older lad: «ya wee chancer, bin it». Darragh says «I didn't buy it». Does that matter? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 52 «Energy drinks: why they're not for kids» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Energy drinks: why they're not for kids

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Grandad finds Darragh with a can from an older lad: «ya wee chancer, bin it». Darragh says «I didn't buy it». Does that matter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandad, Darragh · **What happens:** find, bin, say, not buy, do · **To what, where:** Darragh, lad, matter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 52 «Energy drinks: why they're not for kids» of the medicine 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/medicine/52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad finds Darragh with a can from an older lad: «ya wee chancer, bin it».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t10:1
# text = Grandad finds Darragh with a can from an older lad: «ya wee chancer, bin it».
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Darragh	Darragh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	ya	ya	X	GW	_	2	conj	_	_
14	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	chancer	chancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bin	bin	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | Grandad | Darragh |  |  |  | with a older lad | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent darragh=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **bin** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | lad |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=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:* Darragh says «I didn't buy it».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t10:2
# text = Darragh says «I didn't buy it».
1	Darragh	Darragh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Darragh |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **buy** *in a quote* | past · do-support | Darragh | lad |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Does that matter?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t10:3
# text = Does that matter?
1	Does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, gifts are always much safer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, gifts are always much safer
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, only cans you buy yourself are bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, only cans you buy yourself are bad
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	cans	can	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	buy	buy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | present | you | yourself |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | cans |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, but it means he can drink half

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t10:o3:1
# text = No, but it means he can drink half
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
9	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **drink** | can | he | half |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, the caffeine works the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t10:o4:1
# text = No, the caffeine works the same
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | the caffeine | the same |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent same=Material |

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