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title: Your sister, bit sarky: "Wow, a plan. Did a robot write your homewor… — Planning before writing · tree and pragmatics
description: Your sister, bit sarky: "Wow, a plan. Did a robot write your homework?" What is the best reply? Test 6 of lesson 39 «Planning before writing» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · Planning before writing

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Your sister, bit sarky: "Wow, a plan. Did a robot write your homework?" What is the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robot, best reply · **What happens:** write, be · **To what, where:** homework

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This is test 6 of lesson 39 «Planning before writing» of the English 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/english/39-planning-before-writing/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your sister, bit sarky: "Wow, a plan.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t6:1
# text = Your sister, bit sarky: "Wow, a plan.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	sarky	sarky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Wow	wow	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Did a robot write your homework?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t6:2
# text = Did a robot write your homework?"
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past · do-support | a robot | your homework |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t6:3
# text = What is the best reply?
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	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	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 | the best reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only robots and computers ever plan things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t6:o1:1
# text = Only robots and computers ever plan things
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	plan	plan	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | present | robots and computers | things |  |  | ever |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, only robots ever write plans for their homework

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, only robots ever write plans for their homework
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	write	write	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | robots | plans |  |  | ever | for robots's homework | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent plan=Result for homework=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Plans are banned at home by the school rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t6:o3:1
# text = Plans are banned at home by the school rules
1	Plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | present · passive | the school rules | Plans |  | home |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Planning is how writers think before writing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t6:o4:1
# text = Planning is how writers think before writing
1	Planning	planning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	writers	writer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Planning |  |  |  | before writing | think *property* | tree rules |

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