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title: Ben's mates go, "don't be a wuss, just smack him, he's sus anyway."… — Fights, racism and being a bystander · tree and pragmatics
description: Ben's mates go, "don't be a wuss, just smack him, he's sus anyway." ("Sus" means suspicious, dodgy.) What does Ben wish he'd done? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Fights, racism and being a bystander» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Fights, racism and being a bystander

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Ben's mates go, "don't be a wuss, just smack him, he's sus anyway." ("Sus" means suspicious, dodgy.) What does Ben wish he'd done?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mates, Ben, Sus · **What happens:** go, do, not be, smack, be, mean · **To what, where:** wuss, Ben · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Fights, racism and being a bystander» 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/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben's mates go, "don't be a wuss, just smack him, he's sus anyway."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:t6:1
# text = Ben's mates go, "don't be a wuss, just smack him, he's sus anyway."
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wuss	wuss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	smack	smack	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	parataxis	_	_
20	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Ben's mates |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | Ben's mates *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a wuss |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **smack** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | Ben |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Ben |  |  |  |  | anyway, suspect *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:* ("Sus" means suspicious, dodgy.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:t6:2
# text = ("Sus" means suspicious, dodgy.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	suspicious	suspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Sus |  |  |  |  | suspicious *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What does Ben wish he'd done?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:t6:3
# text = What does Ben wish he'd done?
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	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wish	wish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | present · do-support | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past · perfect | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Hit him harder so the fight ended quicker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:t6:o1:1
# text = Hit him harder so the fight ended quicker
1	Hit	hit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	quicker	quick	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **end** | past | the fight |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Waited until after school to do it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:t6:o2:1
# text = Waited until after school to do it
1	Waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past |  |  |  |  | until school |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | school |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Asked his mates to go and fight the boy for him instead of doing it himself

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:t6:o3:1
# text = Asked his mates to go and fight the boy for him instead of doing it himself
1	Asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
12	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past |  | his mates |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent mate=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | his mates *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fight** | infinitive | his mates *not said here* | the boy |  |  |  | for boy | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **do** | gerund | his mates *not said here* | it |  |  |  | boy *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Said no, because the boy never did anything to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:t6:o4:1
# text = Said no, because the boy never did anything to him
1	Said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **do** | past | the boy | anything | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |

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