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description: The classroom helper forgets to hand out the reading books, and the lesson starts late. What does this show? Test 8 · ★ 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 cho
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# Test 8 · ★ · Classroom rules and homework

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The classroom helper forgets to hand out the reading books, and the lesson starts late. What does this show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** classroom helper, lesson, this · **What happens:** forget, not hand out, start, show · **To what, where:** reading books

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The classroom helper forgets to hand out the reading books, and the lesson starts late.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t8:1
# text = The classroom helper forgets to hand out the reading books, and the lesson starts late.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	helper	helper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	forgets	forget	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | the classroom helper |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **hand out** | to-infinitive | the classroom helper *not said here* | the reading books |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent book=Theme |
| 3 | **start** | present | the lesson |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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:* What does this show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t8:2
# text = What does this show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Class jobs do not matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t8:o1:1
# text = Class jobs do not matter
1	Class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | Class jobs |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Class jobs help the whole class when done on time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t8:o2:1
# text = Class jobs help the whole class when done on time
1	Class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Class jobs | the whole class |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **do** | participle | Class jobs *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Books are not really needed in a reading lesson

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t8:o3:1
# text = Books are not really needed in a reading lesson
1	Books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present · passive |  | Books |  | a reading lesson |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The teacher should do every job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t8:o4:1
# text = The teacher should do every job
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | the teacher | every job |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |

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