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title: kid in my class stammers, takes ages to talk. should i finish his wo… — Respect for first peoples, older peopl… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 10 · ★ · Respect for first peoples, older people and people with di…

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kid in my class stammers, takes ages to talk. should i finish his words to help

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid, i · **What happens:** stammer, take, talk, finish, help, word · **To what, where:** ages, words

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t10:1
# text = kid in my class stammers, takes ages to talk. should i finish his words to help
1	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	stammers	stammer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stammer** *speech: other* | present | kid in my class |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | present | kid in my class *not said here* | ages |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme |
| 3 | **talk** | to-infinitive | kid in my class *not said here* | ages *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **finish** | should | i | kid's words |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector word=Eventuality |
| 5 | **help** | to-infinitive | i *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **word** |  | kid |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, and say them louder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, and say them louder
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it saves him time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, it saves him time
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saves	save	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | present | it | him *= he* |  |  | time |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only if you guess right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t10:o3:1
# text = Only if you guess right
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	guess	guess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | present | you |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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

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No, wait patiently and let him finish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t10:o4:1
# text = No, wait patiently and let him finish
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	patiently	patiently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | patiently *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **finish** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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