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What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, question · **What happens:** be, sound, question This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults at school» 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/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl in Dublin is afraid her question about long division sounds silly. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t1:1 # text = A girl in Dublin is afraid her question about long division sounds silly. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Dublin Dublin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 division division NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 13 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a girl in Dublin | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sound** | present | girl's question about long division | | | | | silly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **question** | | girl | | | | | about long division | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t1:2 # text = What is true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Asking is the quickest way to learn, and teachers welcome it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t1:o1:1 # text = Asking is the quickest way to learn, and teachers welcome it 1 Asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 quickest quick ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 welcome welcome VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | | the quickest way | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **learn** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **welcome** | present | teachers | way | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Questions make the teacher cross ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t1:o2:1 # text = Questions make the teacher cross 1 Questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Questions | the teacher cross | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cross=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only the clever children in the class are allowed to ask ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t1:o3:1 # text = Only the clever children in the class are allowed to ask 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** | present · passive | | the clever children in the class | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the clever children in the class *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} She should wait until she works it out alone, however long ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t1:o4:1 # text = She should wait until she works it out alone, however long 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 until until SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 alone alone ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 however however ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | should | She | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **work out** | present | she | it | | | | alone *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | **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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