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title: Jack teases Rohan for knitting on the bus. What is the wise move for… — Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack teases Rohan for knitting on the bus. What is the wise move for Rohan? Test 9 of lesson 31 «Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime» of the arts 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 9 · Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime

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Jack teases Rohan for knitting on the bus. What is the wise move for Rohan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jack, wise move · **What happens:** tease, be · **To what, where:** Rohan, bus

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This is test 9 of lesson 31 «Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime» of the arts 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/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jack teases Rohan for knitting on the bus.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t9:1
# text = Jack teases Rohan for knitting on the bus.
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	teases	tease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Rohan	Rohan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	knitting	knitting	NOUN	NN	_	2	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tease** | present | Jack | Rohan |  | the bus |  | for knitting | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rohan=Patient |

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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 is the wise move for Rohan?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t9:2
# text = What is the wise move for Rohan?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Rohan	Rohan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wise move for Rohan |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Keep knitting, let jokes slide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t9:o1:1
# text = Keep knitting, let jokes slide
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	knitting	knitting	NOUN	NN	_	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	slide	slide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | knitting |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knitting=Theme |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | jokes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **slide** | infinitive | jokes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pretend he was not knitting and hide it under his seat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t9:o2:1
# text = Pretend he was not knitting and hide it under his seat
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	knitting	knit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **knit** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hide** | present | you *not said here* | it |  | his seat |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient under seat=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Throw his knitting needles and wool at Jack to make him stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t9:o3:1
# text = Throw his knitting needles and wool at Jack to make him stop
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	knitting	knitting	NOUN	NN	_	4	compound	_	_
4	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | his knitting needles and wool |  | Jack |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent needle=Theme at jack=Destination |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Jack |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stop** | infinitive | Jack *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stop knitting for ever so that nobody can tease him again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t9:o4:1
# text = Stop knitting for ever so that nobody can tease him again
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	knitting	knit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	tease	tease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **knit** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for ever=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **tease** | can | nobody | him *= he* |  |  | again |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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