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title: A month after the fight, Connor and Liam nod at each other in the co… — The fight I lost and the bullying I ca… · tree and pragmatics
description: A month after the fight, Connor and Liam nod at each other in the corridor. What does this show? Test 2 of lesson 18 «The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 2 · The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape

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A month after the fight, Connor and Liam nod at each other in the corridor. What does this show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** month, this · **What happens:** nod, show · **To what, where:** each

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This is test 2 of lesson 18 «The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape» of the reflection 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/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A month after the fight, Connor and Liam nod at each other in the corridor.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape:t2:1
# text = A month after the fight, Connor and Liam nod at each other in the corridor.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Connor	Connor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	nod	nod	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	10	obl	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	fixed	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	corridor	corridor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nod** | present | a month after the fight |  |  | each |  | in the corridor | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in corridor=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:* What does this show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape:t2:2
# text = What does this show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nodding means they will now be best friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape:t2:o1:1
# text = Nodding means they will now be best friends
1	Nodding	nodding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Nodding |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | future | they | best friends |  |  | now |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Feelings after a fight often cool down over weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape:t2:o2:1
# text = Feelings after a fight often cool down over weeks
1	Feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	often	often	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cool	cool	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool down** | present | Feelings after a fight |  |  |  | week | often *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are secretly planning another big fight for after the holidays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape:t2:o3:1
# text = They are secretly planning another big fight for after the holidays
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	planning	plan	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | present · progressive | They | another big fight |  |  |  | for the holidays; secretly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Connor has lost all his pride for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape:t2:o4:1
# text = Connor has lost all his pride for good
1	Connor	Connor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect · passive |  | Connor |  |  |  | for good | tree rules |
| 2 | **pride** |  | Connor |  |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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