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description: A new girl from Ukraine speaks three languages but makes small mistakes in English. Which is true? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 226 «Compliments and respecting differences» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 4 · ★ · Compliments and respecting differences

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A new girl from Ukraine speaks three languages but makes small mistakes in English. Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** new girl · **What happens:** speak, make, be · **To what, where:** three languages, small mistakes, English · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 226 «Compliments and respecting differences» 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/226-compliments-and-respecting-differences/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A new girl from Ukraine speaks three languages but makes small mistakes in English.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t4:1
# text = A new girl from Ukraine speaks three languages but makes small mistakes in English.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | a new girl from Ukraine | three languages |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | a new girl from Ukraine *not said here* | small mistakes |  | English |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product |

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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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t4:2
# text = Which is true?
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	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She should only speak once she is perfect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t4:o1:1
# text = She should only speak once she is perfect
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | should | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | perfect *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her mistakes show she is not clever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t4:o2:1
# text = Her mistakes show she is not clever
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Her mistakes |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mistake** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Copying her mistakes would help her learn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t4:o3:1
# text = Copying her mistakes would help her learn
1	Copying	copy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | gerund |  | her mistakes |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | would | Copying | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **learn** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mistake** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Speaking several languages is hard work and deserves respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t4:o4:1
# text = Speaking several languages is hard work and deserves respect
1	Speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	deserves	deserve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  | several languages |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Speaking | hard work |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **deserve** | present | Speaking *not said here* | respect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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