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title: A girl in Toronto has her pencil case taken every day by a classmate… — Standing up for yourself, nightmares a… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Toronto has her pencil case taken every day by a classmate. Which response is clear but calm? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 100 «Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 1 · ★ · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark

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A girl in Toronto has her pencil case taken every day by a classmate. Which response is clear but calm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, response · **What happens:** have, take, be · **To what, where:** pencil case

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 100 «Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark» of the everyday 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/everyday/100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Toronto has her pencil case taken every day by a classmate.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t1:1
# text = A girl in Toronto has her pencil case taken every day by a classmate.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a girl in Toronto | girl's pencil case |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Patient |
| 2 | **take** | participle |  | girl's pencil case *not said here* |  |  | day | by a classmate | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 response is clear but calm?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t1:2
# text = Which response is clear but calm?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which response |  |  |  |  | clear *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | which response *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Saying «Stop, that's mine» and telling the teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t1:o1:1
# text = Saying «Stop, that's mine» and telling the teacher
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | mine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grabbing it back hard and pushing him away from her desk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t1:o2:1
# text = Grabbing it back hard and pushing him away from her desk
1	Grabbing	grab	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	desk	desk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab back** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **push** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Crying and saying nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t1:o3:1
# text = Crying and saying nothing
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Taking his bag in return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:100-standing-up-nightmares-and-the-dark:t1:o4:1
# text = Taking his bag in return
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | his bag |  | return |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bag=Value in return=Location |

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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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