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title: Ellie's mate from Dublin says, "Ah, sure nobody even noticed, you're… — The mind at night: replays, worst-case… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 6 · ★★ · The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightm…

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Ellie's mate from Dublin says, "Ah, sure nobody even noticed, you're grand." ("Grand" means fine.) What's the effect called that Ellie felt?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, nobody, you, Grand, effect, Ellie · **What happens:** say, notice, be, mean, call, feel · **To what, where:** effect · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 26 «The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightmares» 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/26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ellie's mate from Dublin says, "Ah, sure nobody even noticed, you're grand."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares:t6:1
# text = Ellie's mate from Dublin says, "Ah, sure nobody even noticed, you're grand."
1	Ellie	Ellie	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	Dublin	Dublin	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	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	14	nsubj	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ellie's mate from Dublin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **notice** *in a quote* | past | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | grand *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:* ("Grand" means fine.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares:t6:2
# text = ("Grand" means fine.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Grand	Grand	PROPN	NNP	_	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	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What's the effect called that Ellie felt?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares:t6:3
# text = What's the effect called that Ellie felt?
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	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	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 effect |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | the effect *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **feel** | past | Ellie |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Irish luck effect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares:t6:o1:1
# text = The Irish luck effect
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The law of the mirror

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares:t6:o2:1
# text = The law of the mirror
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The red-eye trick of tears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares:t6:o3:1
# text = The red-eye trick of tears
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** |  |  | tears |  |  |  |  | nom trick «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The spotlight effect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares:t6:o4:1
# text = The spotlight effect
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	spotlight	spotlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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