--- title: Kofi's dad from Lagos says, "Ah, you are not cursed, my son, tell me… — The mind at night: replays, worst-case… · tree and pragmatics description: Kofi's dad from Lagos says, "Ah, you are not cursed, my son, tell me one good thing." What is the dad doing? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 26 «The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightmares» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/) / [The mind at night: replays, worst-case…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightm… Kofi's dad from Lagos says, "Ah, you are not cursed, my son, tell me one good thing." What is the dad doing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** say, not curse, tell, do · **To what, where:** you, one good thing, dad · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kofi's dad from Lagos says, "Ah, you are not cursed, my son, tell me one good thing." ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares:t7:1 # text = Kofi's dad from Lagos says, "Ah, you are not cursed, my son, tell me one good thing." 1 Kofi Kofi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Lagos Lagos 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 , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kofi's dad from Lagos | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **curse** *in a quote* | present · passive | | you | | | | my son *obl* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | one good thing | Kofi's dad from Lagos *= dad* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient thing=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the dad doing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares:t7:2 # text = What is the dad doing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · progressive | the dad | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Telling him curses are real, but only weak ones that wear off ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares:t7:o1:1 # text = Telling him curses are real, but only weak ones that wear off 1 Telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 curses curse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 wear wear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | curses | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient curse=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | Telling | | | | | weak ones *obl*; real *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **wear off** | present | weak ones | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Training Kofi's mind to notice good things too ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares:t7:o2:1 # text = Training Kofi's mind to notice good things too 1 Training train VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 Kofi Kofi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **train** | gerund | | Kofi's mind | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Theme | | 2 | **notice** | to-infinitive | | good things | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 3 | **mind** | | Kofi | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ignoring how bad Kofi's day was ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares:t7:o3:1 # text = Ignoring how bad Kofi's day was 1 Ignoring ignore VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obj _ _ 4 Kofi Kofi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 7 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | gerund | | bad | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bad=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | Ignoring | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Punishing him for being negative ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:26-the-mind-at-night-replays-worst-case-thinking-and-nightmares:t7:o4:1 # text = Punishing him for being negative 1 Punishing punish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 negative negative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **punish** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | negative *property* | tree rules | **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. 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