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title: Why is it better to explain in private when you were wrongly blamed? — Classroom rules and homework · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is it better to explain in private when you were wrongly blamed? Test 4 · ★ 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.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Classroom rules and homework

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Why is it better to explain in private when you were wrongly blamed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be, explain, blame · **To what, where:** private, you

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t4:1
# text = Why is it better to explain in private when you were wrongly blamed?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	csubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	13	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | private |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **blame** | past · passive |  | you |  |  |  | wrongly *property* | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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It lets you skip the lesson

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t4:o1:1
# text = It lets you skip the lesson
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	skip	skip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | It | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **skip** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the lesson |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It makes the others get punished instead of you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t4:o2:1
# text = It makes the others get punished instead of you
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the others |  |  |  | instead you | tree rules |
| 2 | **punish** | present · passive | the others *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A calm talk is more likely to be heard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t4:o3:1
# text = A calm talk is more likely to be heard
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a calm talk |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive · passive | a calm talk *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus» |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Teachers never listen to anything said in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t4:o4:1
# text = Teachers never listen to anything said in class
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	listen	listen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **listen** | present | Teachers |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Teachers *not said here* |  | anything | class |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to anything=Recipient |

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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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