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description: Kian's coach from Manchester says, "You looked like a right lemon out there, but they'll pass when they know you." ("Like a lemon" means looking silly.) What's the point? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When nobody sits with you: making friends again» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Test 5 · ★★ · When nobody sits with you: making friends again

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Kian's coach from Manchester says, "You looked like a right lemon out there, but they'll pass when they know you." ("Like a lemon" means looking silly.) What's the point?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** coach, You, they, lemon, point · **What happens:** say, look, pass, know, mean, be · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When nobody sits with you: making friends again» 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/23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kian's coach from Manchester says, "You looked like a right lemon out there, but they'll pass when they know you."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t5:1
# text = Kian's coach from Manchester says, "You looked like a right lemon out there, but they'll pass when they know you."
1	Kian	Kian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	out	out	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
22	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	24	advmod	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	advcl	_	_
25	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kian's coach from Manchester |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **look** *in a quote* | past | You |  |  | there |  | like a right lemon | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **pass** *in a quote* | future | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | they | you |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

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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:* ("Like a lemon" means looking silly.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t5:2
# text = ("Like a lemon" means looking silly.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	discourse	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | a lemon |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **look** *not said to happen* | gerund | a lemon *not said here* |  |  |  |  | silly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the point?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t5:3
# text = What's the point?
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	4	det	_	_
4	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 point |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Kian should stop passing the ball to them either, to get them back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t5:o1:1
# text = Kian should stop passing the ball to them either, to get them back
1	Kian	Kian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
9	either	either	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | should | Kian |  |  |  |  | either *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **pass** | gerund | Kian *not said here* | the ball | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ball=Theme to they=Recipient |
| 3 | **get back** | to-infinitive | Kian *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Kian should quit because he looks silly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t5:o2:1
# text = Kian should quit because he looks silly
1	Kian	Kian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	quit	quit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quit** | should | Kian |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | present | Kian |  |  |  |  | silly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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New players need time before the team trusts them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t5:o3:1
# text = New players need time before the team trusts them
1	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	trusts	trust	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | New players |  |  |  | time |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **trust** | present | the team | players *= player* |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lemons are bad at football

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t5:o4:1
# text = Lemons are bad at football
1	Lemons	lemon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lemons |  |  | football |  | bad *property* | tree rules |

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