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title: Owen thinks two stars means "only two out of five". What is the corr… — Praise and criticism: giving and takin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Owen thinks two stars means "only two out of five". What is the correction? Test 5 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 was right.
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# Test 5 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback

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Owen thinks two stars means "only two out of five". What is the correction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Owen, two stars, correction · **What happens:** think, mean, be · **To what, where:** two, five · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Owen thinks two stars means "only two out of five".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t5:1
# text = Owen thinks two stars means "only two out of five".
1	Owen	Owen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Owen |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | two stars | two |  | five |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Topic |

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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 correction?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t5:2
# text = What is the correction?
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	4	det	_	_
4	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 correction |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Two stars means he must repeat the year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t5:o1:1
# text = Two stars means he must repeat the year
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	repeat	repeat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Two stars |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **repeat** | must | he |  |  |  | year |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It means two people in the class liked it and everybody else did not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t5:o2:1
# text = It means two people in the class liked it and everybody else did not
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	nsubj	_	_
12	else	else	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **like** | past | two people in the class | class |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **do** | past | everybody |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It means two good points and one wish to work on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t5:o3:1
# text = It means two good points and one wish to work on
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It | two good points and one wish |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Topic |
| 2 | **work on** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a score out of five, so he did badly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t5:o4:1
# text = It is a score out of five, so he did badly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a score |  | five |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past | he |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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