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title: In a cartoon, a teacher's red marks turn into monsters that chase a… — Praise and criticism: giving and takin… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a teacher's red marks turn into monsters that chase a boy. What are marks really for? Test 4 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 c
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# Test 4 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback

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In a cartoon, a teacher's red marks turn into monsters that chase a boy. What are marks really for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** red marks, monsters, teacher · **What happens:** turn, chase, mark, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, boy, marks

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a teacher's red marks turn into monsters that chase a boy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon, a teacher's red marks turn into monsters that chase a boy.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	monsters	monster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	chase	chase	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | a teacher's red marks |  |  | a cartoon |  | into monsters | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory |
| 2 | **chase** | present | monsters | a boy |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
| 3 | **mark** |  | a teacher |  |  |  |  |  | nom mark «cognition transitive»: poss=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:* What are marks really for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t4:2
# text = What are marks really for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Showing that the teacher dislikes you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t4:o1:1
# text = Showing that the teacher dislikes you
1	Showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dislikes	dislike	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **dislike** | present | the teacher | you |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Helping you find and fix mistakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t4:o2:1
# text = Helping you find and fix mistakes
1	Helping	help	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fix	fix	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fix** | present | you *not said here* | mistakes |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent mistake=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Scaring pupils into practising more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t4:o3:1
# text = Scaring pupils into practising more
1	Scaring	scare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	practising	practise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | gerund |  | pupils |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pupil=Experiencer |
| 2 | **practise** | gerund |  | more |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Making the page look more colourful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t4:o4:1
# text = Making the page look more colourful
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	colourful	colourful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | the page |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset page=Product |
| 2 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | colourful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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