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title: Tyler's older cousin is asked to buy him an energy drink. Why should… — Gaming nights and the morning after · tree and pragmatics
description: Tyler's older cousin is asked to buy him an energy drink. Why should the cousin say no? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 57 «Gaming nights and the morning after» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Gaming nights and the morning after

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Tyler's older cousin is asked to buy him an energy drink. Why should the cousin say no?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** older cousin, cousin · **What happens:** ask, buy, say · **To what, where:** older cousin, energy drink, cousin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 57 «Gaming nights and the morning after» 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/57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tyler's older cousin is asked to buy him an energy drink.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after:t7:1
# text = Tyler's older cousin is asked to buy him an energy drink.
1	Tyler	Tyler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · passive |  | Tyler's older cousin |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Tyler's older cousin *not said here* | a energy drink | cousin |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary drink=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:* Why should the cousin say no?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after:t7:2
# text = Why should the cousin say no?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | the cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They're full of caffeine and not for kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after:t7:o1:1
# text = They're full of caffeine and not for kids
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | of caffeine; full *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They're too cold to drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after:t7:o2:1
# text = They're too cold to drink
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **drink** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They make kids grow too fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after:t7:o3:1
# text = They make kids grow too fast
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | They | kids |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | infinitive | kids *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They're only for goalkeepers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after:t7:o4:1
# text = They're only for goalkeepers
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	goalkeepers	goalkeeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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