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title: A girl in Perth hears an Aboriginal storyteller at a school assembly… — Respect for first peoples, older peopl… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Perth hears an Aboriginal storyteller at a school assembly. Why does his culture deserve special respect? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 1 · ★ · Respect for first peoples, older people and people with di…

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A girl in Perth hears an Aboriginal storyteller at a school assembly. Why does his culture deserve special respect?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, culture · **What happens:** hear, deserve · **To what, where:** Aboriginal storyteller, school assembly, special respect

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» 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/227-older-people-and-disabilities/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Perth hears an Aboriginal storyteller at a school assembly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t1:1
# text = A girl in Perth hears an Aboriginal storyteller at a school assembly.
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	Perth	Perth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	storyteller	storyteller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	assembly	assembly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | a girl in Perth | a Aboriginal storyteller |  | a school assembly |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer storyteller=Stimulus |

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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:* Why does his culture deserve special respect?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t1:2
# text = Why does his culture deserve special respect?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	culture	culture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	deserve	deserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | present · do-support | Perth's culture | special respect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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His people are the first peoples of that land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t1:o1:1
# text = His people are the first peoples of that land
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | His people | the first peoples |  |  |  | of that land | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The school will test her on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t1:o2:1
# text = The school will test her on it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	test	test	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | future | the school | her *= she* |  | it |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The stories are only there for entertainment, like a film

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t1:o3:1
# text = The stories are only there for entertainment, like a film
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the stories |  |  |  |  | for entertainment and a film; there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is polite to listen to any visitor once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t1:o4:1
# text = It is polite to listen to any visitor once
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **listen** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to any visitor; once *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to visitor=Theme |

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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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