--- title: Thabo: «Ag, I'll grow, man.» Will the biggest kids at 10 be the best… — The kid who is always on the bench · tree and pragmatics description: Thabo: «Ag, I'll grow, man.» Will the biggest kids at 10 be the best at 16? Test 5 of lesson 70 «The kid who is always on the bench» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [The kid who is always on the bench](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/) / t5 # Test 5 · The kid who is always on the bench Thabo: «Ag, I'll grow, man.» Will the biggest kids at 10 be the best at 16? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Thabo, biggest kids · **What happens:** grow, be · **To what, where:** man, 16 This is test 5 of lesson 70 «The kid who is always on the bench» 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/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Thabo: «Ag, I'll grow, man.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t5:1 # text = Thabo: «Ag, I'll grow, man.» 1 Thabo Thabo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Ag Ag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** *in a quote* | future | Thabo Ag | man | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Will the biggest kids at 10 be the best at 16? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t5:2 # text = Will the biggest kids at 10 be the best at 16? 1 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 16 16 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | future | the biggest kids at 10 | | | 16 | | good *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, because small kids stop growing ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t5:o1:1 # text = Yes, because small kids stop growing 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | small kids | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **grow** | gerund | small kids *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Not necessarily; late bloomers often catch up ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t5:o2:1 # text = Not necessarily; late bloomers often catch up 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 necessarily necessarily ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bloomers bloomer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 often often ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 catch catch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch up** | present | late bloomers | | | | | necessarily, often *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, the smallest are always best ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t5:o3:1 # text = No, the smallest are always best 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | always, good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, always, the order never changes after ten ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t5:o4:1 # text = Yes, always, the order never changes after ten 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **change** | present | the order | | | | after ten | always *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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