--- title: Jamie says, "Flat? I'm boss at singing" ("boss" means great). What w… — Praise and criticism: giving and takin… · tree and pragmatics description: Jamie says, "Flat? I'm boss at singing" ("boss" means great). What would help him check? 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What would help him check? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jamie, I, boss · **What happens:** say, be, sing, mean, help, check · **To what, where:** boss · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jamie says, "Flat? ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t7:1 # text = Jamie says, "Flat? 1 Jamie Jamie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Jamie | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* I'm boss at singing" ("boss" means great). ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t7:2 # text = I'm boss at singing" ("boss" means great). 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 at at SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 boss boss 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 3 parataxis _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | I | boss | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | boss *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | boss | | | | | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What would help him check? ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t7:3 # text = What would help him check? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | would | | boss | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **check** | infinitive | boss *not said here* | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Singing louder so it cannot be flat ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t7:o1:1 # text = Singing louder so it cannot be flat 1 Singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ _ 3 so so SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | loud *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is** | can | it | | | | | flat *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Recording himself and listening back ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t7:o2:1 # text = Recording himself and listening back 1 Recording record VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **record** | gerund | | himself *= he* | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 2 | **listen back** | gerund | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Asking a friend who cannot sing ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t7:o3:1 # text = Asking a friend who cannot sing 1 Asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | a friend | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **sing** *speech: express* | can | a friend | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ignoring the coach completely ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t7:o4:1 # text = Ignoring the coach completely 1 Ignoring ignore VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 completely completely ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | gerund | | the coach | | | | completely *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coach=Theme | **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. 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