--- title: wanna ask the teacher smth but it's a dumb question prob — Questions, group work and the adults a… · tree and pragmatics description: wanna ask the teacher smth but it's a dumb question prob Test 10 · ★ of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults at school» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/t10/) [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/) / [Questions, group work and the adults a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Questions, group work and the adults at school wanna ask the teacher smth but it's a dumb question prob **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, smth · **What happens:** ask, be · **To what, where:** teacher smth, dumb question prob This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t10:1 # text = wanna ask the teacher smth but it's a dumb question prob 1 wanna wanna X FW Foreign=Yes 2 dep _ _ 2 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|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 smth smth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 prob prob NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the teacher smth | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent smth=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | present | smth | a dumb question prob | | | | | tree rules | 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} Ask a friend to ask for you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t10:o1:1 # text = Ask a friend to ask for you 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a friend | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | for you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Wait till next year ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t10:o2:1 # text = Wait till next year 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 till till ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | year | till *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Ask it, teachers like questions ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t10:o3:1 # text = Ask it, teachers like questions 1 Ask ask 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | it | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 2 | **like** | present | teachers | questions | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot question=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Don't ask, it's silly and everyone will laugh at you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t10:o4:1 # text = Don't ask, it's silly and everyone will laugh at you 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | silly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **laugh** | future | everyone | | | | | at you | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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