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title: dunno how to do this but don't wanna look dumb asking — Questions, group work and the adults a… · tree and pragmatics
description: dunno how to do this but don't wanna look dumb asking Test 14 · ★ 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.
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# Test 14 · ★ · Questions, group work and the adults at school

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dunno how to do this but don't wanna look dumb asking

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** dunno, do, not look, ask · **To what, where:** this

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t14:1
# text = dunno how to do this but don't wanna look dumb asking
1	dunno	dunno	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	dep	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dunno** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | this |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **look** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dumb *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Ask the teacher, small gaps grow big

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t14:o1:1
# text = Ask the teacher, small gaps grow big
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the teacher |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
| 2 | **grow** | present | small gaps |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Just guess and move on, nobody will notice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t14:o2:1
# text = Just guess and move on, nobody will notice
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	guess	guess	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	on	on	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **move on** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **notice** | future | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Copy your neighbour, nobody will ever know

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t14:o3:1
# text = Copy your neighbour, nobody will ever know
1	Copy	copy	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	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | imperative | you *not said here* | your neighbour |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbour=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | future | nobody |  |  |  | ever |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait for next year when it gets explained again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t14:o4:1
# text = Wait for next year when it gets explained again
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	explained	explain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | it |  |  | again |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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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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