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Test 9 · ★ of lesson 22 «Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too much» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/) / [Lonely and different: accents, big bro…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too… Jacob's classmate goes, "bro doesn't even know what a creeper is, he's so out of the loop." (A creeper is a monster in the game Minecraft.) What helped Jacob? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** classmate, creeper · **What happens:** go, not know, be, help · **To what, where:** loop, monster, game, Jacob · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 22 «Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too much» 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/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jacob's classmate goes, "bro doesn't even know what a creeper is, he's so out of the loop." ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:t9:1 # text = Jacob's classmate goes, "bro doesn't even know what a creeper is, he's so out of the loop." 1 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 classmate classmate 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 , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 vocative _ _ 8 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 even even ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 ccomp _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 creeper creeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 loop loop NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Jacob's classmate | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | | | | | | bro *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a creeper | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | classmate | | | the loop | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* (A creeper is a monster in the game Minecraft.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:t9:2 # text = (A creeper is a monster in the game Minecraft.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 creeper creeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 Minecraft Minecraft PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a creeper | a monster | | the game Minecraft | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What helped Jacob? ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:t9:3 # text = What helped Jacob? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | past | | | Jacob | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jacob=Beneficiary | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Crying until his parents bought him a console ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:t9:o1:1 # text = Crying until his parents bought him a console 1 Crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 until until ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 console console NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | until his parents | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **buy** | past | Crying | a console | him *= he* | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary console=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Telling the classmate games are for babies ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:t9:o2:1 # text = Telling the classmate games are for babies 1 Telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 classmate classmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | the classmate games | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent game=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | Telling | | | | | for babies | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Finding other interests he shares with people ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:t9:o3:1 # text = Finding other interests he shares with people 1 Finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 interests interest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 shares share VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | gerund | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **share** | present | Finding other interests | | | | | with people | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pretending he plays Minecraft every night ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:t9:o4:1 # text = Pretending he plays Minecraft every night 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 plays play VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Minecraft Minecraft PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **play** | present | | Minecraft | | | night | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minecraft=Theme | **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. 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