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title: Dad: "If everyone jumped off a cliff..." Zara: "Here we go." What is… — "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad: "If everyone jumped off a cliff..." Zara: "Here we go." What is Dad's point? Test 1 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason

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Dad: "If everyone jumped off a cliff..." Zara: "Here we go." What is Dad's point?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dad, we · **What happens:** jump off, go, be · **To what, where:** cliff, point

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This is test 1 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» of the world 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/world/166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad: "If everyone jumped off a cliff..."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t1:1
# text = Dad: "If everyone jumped off a cliff..."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
6	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	...	...	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump off** *in a quote* | past | Dad | a cliff |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cliff=Trajectory |

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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:* Zara: "Here we go."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t1:2
# text = Zara: "Here we go."
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What is Dad's point?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t1:3
# text = What is Dad's point?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Dad's point |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Lots of people doing something doesn't make it a good idea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t1:o1:1
# text = Lots of people doing something doesn't make it a good idea
1	Lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | gerund | people *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **make** | present · do-support | Lots of people | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Everyone in Zara's class jumps off cliffs at the weekend, so it must be fine

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t1:o2:1
# text = Everyone in Zara's class jumps off cliffs at the weekend, so it must be fine
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	jumps	jump	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	weekend	weekend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	expl	_	_
15	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
17	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump off** | present | Everyone | cliffs |  |  | weekend |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cliff=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | must | Everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Zara should go cliff jumping with friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t1:o3:1
# text = Zara should go cliff jumping with friends
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | should | Zara | cliff |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cliff=Theme |
| 2 | **jump** | gerund | cliff *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with friends | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cliffs are where trainers are tested

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t1:o4:1
# text = Cliffs are where trainers are tested
1	Cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	tested	test	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | present · passive |  | Cliffs |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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