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title: Nursery worker: "She's just having a moment, give her a minute." Wha… — Soft words for hard things: children's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nursery worker: "She's just having a moment, give her a minute." What is the child doing? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 15 «Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 6 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and schoo…

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Nursery worker: "She's just having a moment, give her a minute." What is the child doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** worker, Nursery worker, child · **What happens:** have, give, do · **To what, where:** Nursery worker, her

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 15 «Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nursery worker: "She's just having a moment, give her a minute."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t6:1
# text = Nursery worker: "She's just having a moment, give her a minute."
1	Nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present · progressive | worker | Nursery worker *not said here* |  |  | moment |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worker=Patient |
| 2 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | Nursery worker |  | her *= she* |  | minute |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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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:* What is the child doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t6:2
# text = What is the child doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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 | **do** | present · progressive | the child |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Playing a game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t6:o1:1
# text = Playing a game
1	Playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  | a game |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Having a tantrum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t6:o2:1
# text = Having a tantrum
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tantrum	tantrum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  | a tantrum |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tantrum=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Taking a nap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t6:o3:1
# text = Taking a nap
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nap	nap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | a nap |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Counting to sixty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t6:o4:1
# text = Counting to sixty
1	Counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to sixty | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to sixty=Experiencer |

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