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title: In a film, a character goes to therapy and everyone calls him crazy.… — Getting help: when sadness or worry wo… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, a character goes to therapy and everyone calls him crazy. What does Ellie learn from her real dad? Test 8 · ★ 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 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away

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In a film, a character goes to therapy and everyone calls him crazy. What does Ellie learn from her real dad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** character, everyone, Ellie · **What happens:** go, call, learn · **To what, where:** film, character · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, a character goes to therapy and everyone calls him crazy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t8:1
# text = In a film, a character goes to therapy and everyone calls him crazy.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	therapy	therapy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
12	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | a character |  |  | a film |  | to therapy | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to therapy=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **call** | present | everyone |  | character |  |  | crazy *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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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 does Ellie learn from her real dad?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t8:2
# text = What does Ellie learn from her real dad?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present · do-support | Ellie |  |  |  |  | from Ellie's real dad | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent what=Topic from dad=Source |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Therapy helped him get calmer, and getting help is brave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t8:o1:1
# text = Therapy helped him get calmer, and getting help is brave
1	Therapy	Therapy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	calmer	calm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
9	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | Therapy | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **get** | gerund |  | help |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** | present | getting |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Therapy is only for people in films

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t8:o2:1
# text = Therapy is only for people in films
1	Therapy	therapy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Therapy |  |  | films |  | for people | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Her dad should have kept it a secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t8:o3:1
# text = Her dad should have kept it a secret
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | should · perfect · passive |  | Her dad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Therapy makes people crazier than they were before they started

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t8:o4:1
# text = Therapy makes people crazier than they were before they started
1	Therapy	therapy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	crazier	crazy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
5	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Therapy | people |  |  |  | crazy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product |
| 2 | **is** | past | people |  |  |  |  | start *property* | tree rules |

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