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title: Ben's mate from Boston goes, "That call was wicked unfair, the ref's… — Disappointed: when things don't go the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ben's mate from Boston goes, "That call was wicked unfair, the ref's blind." ("Wicked" in New England means very.) What helped Ben? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 10 · ★ · Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped

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Ben's mate from Boston goes, "That call was wicked unfair, the ref's blind." ("Wicked" in New England means very.) What helped Ben?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, call, Wicked · **What happens:** go, be, mean, help · **To what, where:** Ben · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» 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/25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben's mate from Boston goes, "That call was wicked unfair, the ref's blind."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t10:1
# text = Ben's mate from Boston goes, "That call was wicked unfair, the ref's blind."
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Boston	Boston	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	ref	ref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Ben's mate from Boston |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | that call |  |  |  |  | unfair *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *in a quote* |  | that call *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* ("Wicked" in New England means very.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t10:2
# text = ("Wicked" in New England means very.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
7	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Wicked in New England |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What helped Ben?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t10:3
# text = What helped Ben?
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	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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** | past |  |  | Ben |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ben=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Refusing to play under that ref again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t10:o1:1
# text = Refusing to play under that ref again
1	Refusing	refuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	ref	ref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **play** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | that ref | again |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Talking it through with Dad and letting it go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t10:o2:1
# text = Talking it through with Dad and letting it go
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	letting	let	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk through** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | with Dad | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shouting at the ref even louder in the next game to make up for it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t10:o3:1
# text = Shouting at the ref even louder in the next game to make up for it
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ref	ref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	louder	loud	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  | the ref |  | in the next game; loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for game | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Staying angry for the rest of the season

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t10:o4:1
# text = Staying angry for the rest of the season
1	Staying	stay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for the rest of the season; angry *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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