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title: Kofi hears, "Counselling's for weirdos, bro." What's true? — Getting help: when sadness or worry wo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kofi hears, "Counselling's for weirdos, bro." What's true? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 29 «Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away

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Kofi hears, "Counselling's for weirdos, bro." What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kofi · **What happens:** hear, be · **To what, where:** weirdos

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 29 «Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away» 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/29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kofi hears, "Counselling's for weirdos, bro."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t5:1
# text = Kofi hears, "Counselling's for weirdos, bro."
1	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Counselling	counselling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	weirdos	weirdo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | Kofi | weirdos and bro |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer weirdo=Stimulus |

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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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t5:2
# 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Counsellors only see kids who are in trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t5:o1:1
# text = Counsellors only see kids who are in trouble
1	Counsellors	counsellor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Counsellors | kids |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | kids |  |  | trouble |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He should feel ashamed for needing any help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t5:o2:1
# text = He should feel ashamed for needing any help
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	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	needing	need	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	advcl	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | should | He |  |  |  |  | ashamed *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **need** | gerund | He *not said here* | any help |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Strong people never need any help from anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t5:o3:1
# text = Strong people never need any help from anyone
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present | Strong people | any help |  | anyone |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme |

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

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It's like going to a doctor for feelings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t5:o4:1
# text = It's like going to a doctor for feelings
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · progressive | It |  |  | a doctor |  | for feelings | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to doctor=Initial\_Location |

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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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