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title: Emma writes "critics are haters, period" ("period" means end of disc… — Praise and criticism: giving and takin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Emma writes "critics are haters, period" ("period" means end of discussion). Which is fairer? Test 9 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 9 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback

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Emma writes "critics are haters, period" ("period" means end of discussion). Which is fairer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Emma, critics, period · **What happens:** write, be, mean · **To what, where:** haters, end

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Emma writes "critics are haters, period" ("period" means end of discussion).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t9:1
# text = Emma writes "critics are haters, period" ("period" means end of discussion).
1	Emma	Emma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	critics	critic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	haters	hater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
15	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | Emma |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | critics | haters and period |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present | period | end of discussion |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=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:* Which is fairer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t9:2
# text = Which is fairer?
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	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	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 |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She is wrong to like the film at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t9:o1:1
# text = She is wrong to like the film at all
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **like** | to-infinitive |  | the film |  | all |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot film=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Taste in films is exactly the same for everyone, so critics must be wrong

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t9:o2:1
# text = Taste in films is exactly the same for everyone, so critics must be wrong
1	Taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	critics	critic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Taste in films |  |  |  |  | for everyone; exactly, same *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | must | critics |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

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

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Critics give reasons, and she can disagree with reasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t9:o3:1
# text = Critics give reasons, and she can disagree with reasons
1	Critics	critic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	disagree	disagree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Critics | reasons |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **disagree** | can | she |  |  |  |  | with reasons | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with reason=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Critics are paid to hate every film

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t9:o4:1
# text = Critics are paid to hate every film
1	Critics	critic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hate	hate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present · passive |  | Critics |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hate** | to-infinitive |  | every film |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer film=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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