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title: Lily's mate goes, "you only lost cos you're not popular, ngl." ("Ngl… — I failed: the missed penalty, the lost… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily's mate goes, "you only lost cos you're not popular, ngl." ("Ngl" means not gonna lie.) What's true? Test 7 of lesson 24 «I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 7 · I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark

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Lily's mate goes, "you only lost cos you're not popular, ngl." ("Ngl" means not gonna lie.) What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, you, Ngl · **What happens:** go, lose, not be, not mean, lie, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 24 «I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark» 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/24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily's mate goes, "you only lost cos you're not popular, ngl."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark:t7:1
# text = Lily's mate goes, "you only lost cos you're not popular, ngl."
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	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	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	ngl	ngl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Lily's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lose** *in a quote* | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | popular *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:* ("Ngl" means not gonna lie.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark:t7:2
# text = ("Ngl" means not gonna lie.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	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	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
7	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	dep	_	_
8	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	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 | **not** **mean** | present | Ngl |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lie** *not said to happen* | infinitive | Ngl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark:t7:3
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Losing proves she was a bad candidate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark:t7:o1:1
# text = Losing proves she was a bad candidate
1	Losing	lose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **prove** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | she | a bad candidate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only popular kids should stand in elections

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark:t7:o2:1
# text = Only popular kids should stand in elections
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	elections	election	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | should | popular kids |  |  | elections |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in election=Location |

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

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Elections depend on many things, not just being liked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark:t7:o3:1
# text = Elections depend on many things, not just being liked
1	Elections	election	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	depend	depend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	liked	like	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | Elections |  |  |  |  | on many things | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on thing=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **like** | gerund · passive | Elections *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She lost because nobody in school likes her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark:t7:o4:1
# text = She lost because nobody in school likes her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **like** | present | nobody | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |

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