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title: moderator — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «moderator» in the school dictionary: A moderator is a person who runs a discussion or debate and makes sure people follow the rules and take turns. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# moderator

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**Who acts:** moderator, person, people, that, you, game chat · **What happens:** be, run, make, follow, take, check · **To what, where:** person, discussion, rules, turns, posts, online forum

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«moderator» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [moderator in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/moderator.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A moderator is a person who runs a discussion or debate and makes sure people follow the rules and take turns.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moderator:m1:1
# text = A moderator is a person who runs a discussion or debate and makes sure people follow the rules and take turns.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moderator	moderator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	debate	debate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	follow	follow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
21	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a moderator | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | present | a person | a discussion or debate |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme discussion=Trajectory |
| 3 | **make** | present | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 4 | **follow** | present | people | the rules |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
| 5 | **take** | present | people *not said here* | turns |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A moderator is a person who checks posts in an online forum or game chat and removes unkind or unsafe ones.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moderator:m2:1
# text = A moderator is a person who checks posts in an online forum or game chat and removes unkind or unsafe ones.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moderator	moderator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	forum	forum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
18	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	_
21	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a moderator | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | present | a person | posts |  | a online forum or game chat |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Theme |
| 3 | **remove** | present | a person *not said here* | unkind ones |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A moderator checks that marks for exams are fair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moderator:m3:1
# text = A moderator checks that marks for exams are fair.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moderator	moderator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
5	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	exams	exam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present | a moderator |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The moderator asked each speaker to keep to two minutes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moderator:x1:1
# text = The moderator asked each speaker to keep to two minutes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moderator	moderator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the moderator |  | each speaker |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent speaker=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the moderator *not said here* |  |  |  | minute |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Report the rude message to a moderator.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moderator:x2:1
# text = Report the rude message to a moderator.
1	Report	report	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	moderator	moderator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | imperative | you *not said here* | the rude message | a moderator |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent message=Topic to moderator=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The game chat has moderators to keep it friendly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moderator:x3:1
# text = The game chat has moderators to keep it friendly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	moderators	moderator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the game chat | moderators |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | moderators *not said here* | chat |  |  |  | friendly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our teacher was the moderator of the class debate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moderator:x4:1
# text = Our teacher was the moderator of the class debate.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	moderator	moderator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	debate	debate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Our teacher | the moderator |  |  |  | of the class debate | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The moderator deleted the unsafe post.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moderator:x5:1
# text = The moderator deleted the unsafe post.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moderator	moderator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	deleted	delete	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delete** | past | the moderator | the unsafe post |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An exam moderator checked the marks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moderator:x6:1
# text = An exam moderator checked the marks.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	exam	exam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	moderator	moderator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	checked	check	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | past | a exam moderator | the marks |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Theme |

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