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title: "i'm gonna fail, it's friday the 13th!!" What could you tell your ma… — School legends · tree and pragmatics
description: "i'm gonna fail, it's friday the 13th!!" What could you tell your mate? Test 7 of lesson 24 «School legends» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · School legends

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"i'm gonna fail, it's friday the 13th!!" What could you tell your mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i, fail, you · **What happens:** be, tell · **To what, where:** gonna fail, friday, mate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 24 «School legends» of the myths 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/myths/24-school-legends/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "i'm gonna fail, it's friday the 13th!!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t7:1
# text = "i'm gonna fail, it's friday the 13th!!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	gonna	gonna	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fail	fail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	13th	13th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | i | gonna fail |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | fail | friday |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What could you tell your mate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t7:2
# text = What could you tell your mate?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | you | your mate |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient mate=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only people born on the 13th get unlucky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t7:o1:1
# text = Only people born on the 13th get unlucky
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	13th	13th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	3	obl	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  | people *not said here* |  | the 13th |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | people |  |  |  |  | unlucky *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wear a lucky sock and you'll be fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t7:o2:1
# text = Wear a lucky sock and you'll be fine
1	Wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sock	sock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	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 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | a lucky sock |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sock=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | future | you |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No evidence for that; worrying is the bigger problem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t7:o3:1
# text = No evidence for that; worrying is the bigger problem
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	worrying	worry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worry** | gerund | no evidence for that *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | no evidence for that | the bigger problem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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You're right, so there's no point bothering to revise this week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t7:o4:1
# text = You're right, so there's no point bothering to revise this week
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
10	bothering	bother	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	revise	revise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | You |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | present | no point |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **bother** | gerund | no point *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **revise** | to-infinitive | no point *not said here* |  |  |  | week |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |

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