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title: Mo says, "Homework should be banned because kids need time to play,… — Debating and discussion · tree and pragmatics
description: Mo says, "Homework should be banned because kids need time to play, and doctors say play is healthy." Which part is the evidence? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 49 «Debating and discussion» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 6 · ★ · Debating and discussion

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Mo says, "Homework should be banned because kids need time to play, and doctors say play is healthy." Which part is the evidence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mo, kids, doctors, play, part · **What happens:** say, ban, need, play, be · **To what, where:** Homework, evidence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 49 «Debating and discussion» 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/49-debating-and-discussion/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mo says, "Homework should be banned because kids need time to play, and doctors say play is healthy."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:t6:1
# text = Mo says, "Homework should be banned because kids need time to play, and doctors say play is healthy."
1	Mo	Mo	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	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
19	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mo |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ban** *in a quote* | should · passive |  | Homework |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **need** *in a quote* | present | kids |  |  |  | time |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **play** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | kids *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | doctors |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | play |  |  |  |  | healthy *property* | tree rules |

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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 part is the evidence?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:t6:2
# text = Which part is the evidence?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | which part | the evidence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Homework should be banned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:t6:o1:1
# text = Homework should be banned
1	Homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | should · passive |  | Homework |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Kids need time to play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:t6:o2:1
# text = Kids need time to play
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Kids |  |  |  | time |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | Kids *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Doctors say play is healthy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:t6:o3:1
# text = Doctors say play is healthy
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Doctors |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | play |  |  |  |  | healthy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The word "because"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:t6:o4:1
# text = The word "because"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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