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title: teacher wrote 3 x 4 = 7 on the board?? that's wrong innit — Tests, exams and mistakes · tree and pragmatics
description: teacher wrote 3 x 4 = 7 on the board?? that's wrong innit Test 13 · ★ of lesson 255 «Tests, exams and mistakes» 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 right.
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# Test 13 · ★ · Tests, exams and mistakes

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teacher wrote 3 x 4 = 7 on the board?? that's wrong innit

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher, that · **What happens:** write, be · **To what, where:** 3, wrong innit

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 255 «Tests, exams and mistakes» 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/255-tests-exams-and-mistakes/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:t13:1
# text = teacher wrote 3 x 4 = 7 on the board?? that's wrong innit
1	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
4	x	x	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	_
5	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	7	case	_	_
7	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | teacher | 3 |  |  |  | x 4; = 7 on the board | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | wrong innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Shout that she's wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:t13:o1:1
# text = Shout that she's wrong
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Copy it down, teachers are always right about sums

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:t13:o2:1
# text = Copy it down, teachers are always right about sums
1	Copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sums	sum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy down** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | teachers |  |  |  |  | about sums; always, right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Put your hand up and politely say there may be a mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:t13:o3:1
# text = Put your hand up and politely say there may be a mistake
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	10	expl	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put up** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hand |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | politely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **be** | may | a mistake |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Laugh about it with your friends at the back of the class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:t13:o4:1
# text = Laugh about it with your friends at the back of the class
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the back of the class |  | about it; with your friends | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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