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# Test 7 · Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel

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Kofi's dad says, "Back in my day we didn't have phones and we were fine." Kofi still feels out of the loop. What helps more?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, we, Kofi · **What happens:** say, not have, be, feel out, help · **To what, where:** phones, loop, more · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 21 «Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel» 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/21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kofi's dad says, "Back in my day we didn't have phones and we were fine."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t7:1
# text = Kofi's dad says, "Back in my day we didn't have phones and we were fine."
1	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
11	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
15	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kofi's dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | past · do-support | we | phones |  |  | day |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | we |  |  |  |  | fine *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:* Kofi still feels out of the loop.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t7:2
# text = Kofi still feels out of the loop.
1	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	loop	loop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel out** | present | Kofi | the loop |  |  | still |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loop=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What helps more?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t7:3
# text = What helps more?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present |  | more |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Begging for a phone every single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t7:o1:1
# text = Begging for a phone every single day
1	Begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund |  |  |  |  | day | for a phone | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for phone=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pretending he saw all the messages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t7:o2:1
# text = Pretending he saw all the messages
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past |  | all messages |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer message=Stimulus |

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

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Friends filling him in at lunch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t7:o3:1
# text = Friends filling him in at lunch
1	Friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	filling	fill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill in** | gerund | Friends *not said here* | him *= he* |  | lunch |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Telling his friends to stop using phones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:t7:o4:1
# text = Telling his friends to stop using phones
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	iobj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | his friends |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **use** | gerund |  | phones |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |

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