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title: Isla cries "all arvo" ("arvo" means afternoon) over a mean comment.… — Praise and criticism: giving and takin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Isla cries "all arvo" ("arvo" means afternoon) over a mean comment. Whose feedback is worth listening to? Test 6 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; Mo
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# Test 6 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback

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Isla cries "all arvo" ("arvo" means afternoon) over a mean comment. Whose feedback is worth listening to?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Isla, arvo, feedback · **What happens:** cry, mean, be, listen · **To what, where:** arvo, mean comment

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Isla cries "all arvo" ("arvo" means afternoon) over a mean comment.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t6:1
# text = Isla cries "all arvo" ("arvo" means afternoon) over a mean comment.
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cries	cry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	comment	comment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | Isla | all arvo |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arvo=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | arvo |  |  | a mean comment | afternoon |  | 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:* Whose feedback is worth listening to?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t6:2
# text = Whose feedback is worth listening to?
1	Whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	feedback	feedback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | feedback |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **listen** | gerund | feedback *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nobody at all, ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t6:o1:1
# text = Nobody at all, ever
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the meanest comments, as they are honest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t6:o2:1
# text = Only the meanest comments, as they are honest
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	meanest	mean	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	comments	comment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | comments *= comment* | the meanest comments *not said here* |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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People who know her and want her to improve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t6:o3:1
# text = People who know her and want her to improve
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	improve	improve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | People | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 2 | **want** | present | People *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **improve** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Every stranger who comments on any video

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t6:o4:1
# text = Every stranger who comments on any video
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	comments	comment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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