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title: A kid from Phoenix says six drafts is "so extra" ("extra" means over… — Praise and criticism: giving and takin… · tree and pragmatics
description: A kid from Phoenix says six drafts is "so extra" ("extra" means over the top). Which is true? Test 3 of lesson 38 «Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback» 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 
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# Test 3 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback

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A kid from Phoenix says six drafts is "so extra" ("extra" means over the top). Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid, extra · **What happens:** say, be, mean · **To what, where:** six drafts, top · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 38 «Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback» 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/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A kid from Phoenix says six drafts is "so extra" ("extra" means over the top).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t3:1
# text = A kid from Phoenix says six drafts is "so extra" ("extra" means over the top).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Phoenix	Phoenix	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	drafts	draft	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
18	over	over	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a kid from Phoenix |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | six drafts |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present | extra |  |  | the top |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t3:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	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 {#o1}

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Drafts are only for maths homework

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t3:o1:1
# text = Drafts are only for maths homework
1	Drafts	draft	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	compound	_	_
6	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Drafts |  |  |  |  | for maths homework | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Your first try always shows your best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t3:o2:1
# text = Your first try always shows your best
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	try	try	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Your first try | your best |  |  |  | always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent good=Recipient |
| 2 | **try** |  | Your |  |  |  |  |  | nom try «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only lazy people need more than one draft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t3:o3:1
# text = Only lazy people need more than one draft
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	7	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	draft	draft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | lazy people | one draft |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot draft=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Drafts with feedback can make work much better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t3:o4:1
# text = Drafts with feedback can make work much better
1	Drafts	draft	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	feedback	feedback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	much	much	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | Drafts with feedback | work |  |  |  | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset work=Product |

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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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