--- title: new boy hardly speaks english, how do i explain the game — Classroom rules and homework · tree and pragmatics description: new boy hardly speaks english, how do i explain the game Test 13 · ★ of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/t13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Classroom rules and homework](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Classroom rules and homework new boy hardly speaks english, how do i explain the game **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new boy, i · **What happens:** speak, explain · **To what, where:** game · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» 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/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t13:1 # text = new boy hardly speaks english, how do i explain the game 1 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 english English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | new boy | | | | | english, hardly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | i | the game | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Topic | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Shout really loud so he understands you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t13:o1:1 # text = Shout really loud so he understands you 1 Shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 loud loud ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 so so SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 understands understand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **understand** | present | he | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Speak slowly, use gestures and pictures ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t13:o2:1 # text = Speak slowly, use gestures and pictures 1 Speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 gestures gesture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **use** | present | you *not said here* | gestures and pictures | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gesture=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Talk very fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t13:o3:1 # text = Talk very fast 1 Talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Don't bother, he won't get it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t13:o4:1 # text = Don't bother, he won't get it 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 bother bother VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bother** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **get** | future | he | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | **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. 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