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title: Lucas's cousin goes, "you let him take your creps?? that's so mid."… — Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lucas's cousin goes, "you let him take your creps?? that's so mid." ("Creps" are trainers; "mid" means rubbish.) What's the true reply? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 19 «Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 4 · ★ · Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up

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Lucas's cousin goes, "you let him take your creps?? that's so mid." ("Creps" are trainers; "mid" means rubbish.) What's the true reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, you, that, Creps trainers, true reply · **What happens:** go, let, take, be, mean · **To what, where:** cousin, creps, Creps trainers, rubbish

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 19 «Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up» 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/19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucas's cousin goes, "you let him take your creps?? that's so mid."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:t4:1
# text = Lucas's cousin goes, "you let him take your creps?? that's so mid."
1	Lucas	Lucas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	creps	crep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	mid	mid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Lucas's cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **let** *in a quote* | present | you | cousin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | cousin *not said here* | your creps |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crep=Theme |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | mid *property* | 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:* ("Creps" are trainers; "mid" means rubbish.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:t4:2
# text = ("Creps" are trainers; "mid" means rubbish.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Creps	Creps	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	mid	mid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Creps trainers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Creps trainers | rubbish |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rubbish=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the true reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:t4:3
# text = What's the true reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the true reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It was fine because the trainers weren't new

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:t4:o1:1
# text = It was fine because the trainers weren't new
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | the trainers |  |  |  |  | new *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He's right; it was weak and Lucas should be ashamed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:t4:o2:1
# text = He's right; it was weak and Lucas should be ashamed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	Lucas	Lucas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | should | Lucas |  |  |  |  | ashamed *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He's right; you should always fight for your shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:t4:o3:1
# text = He's right; you should always fight for your shoes
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight** | should | you |  |  |  |  | for your shoes; always *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Staying safe was the smart choice; trainers can be replaced

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:t4:o4:1
# text = Staying safe was the smart choice; trainers can be replaced
1	Staying	stay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
2	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	replaced	replace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Staying | the smart choice and trainers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **replace** | can · passive |  | the smart choice and trainers |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme |

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