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title: Lucas thinks, "I'm sat here like a granny while everyone splashes."… — When nobody sits with you: making frie… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lucas thinks, "I'm sat here like a granny while everyone splashes." What's the true thing? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When nobody sits with you: making friends again» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 9 · ★★ · When nobody sits with you: making friends again

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Lucas thinks, "I'm sat here like a granny while everyone splashes." What's the true thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lucas, everyone, true thing · **What happens:** think, be, splash · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucas thinks, "I'm sat here like a granny while everyone splashes."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t9:1
# text = Lucas thinks, "I'm sat here like a granny while everyone splashes."
1	Lucas	Lucas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	sat	sat	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	ccomp	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	nsubj	_	_
14	splashes	splash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Lucas |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Lucas |  |  |  |  | like a granny; here, sat *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **splash** *in a quote* | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

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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:* What's the true thing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t9:2
# text = What's the true thing?
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	thing	thing	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 thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He should jump in to prove himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t9:o1:1
# text = He should jump in to prove himself
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump in** | should | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **prove** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Swimming can be learned at any age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t9:o2:1
# text = Swimming can be learned at any age
1	Swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | can · passive |  | Swimming |  |  | at any age |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only grannies sit out at pool parties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t9:o3:1
# text = Only grannies sit out at pool parties
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	grannies	grannie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit out** | present | grannies |  |  | pool parties |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at party=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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If you can't swim at nine, you never will

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t9:o4:1
# text = If you can't swim at nine, you never will
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **swim** | can | you |  |  | nine |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at nine=Trajectory |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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