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description: In a group of four in Toronto, Sam always speaks first and the others stay quiet. What gives the best result? Test 2 · ★ 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
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# Test 2 · ★ · Questions, group work and the adults at school

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In a group of four in Toronto, Sam always speaks first and the others stay quiet. What gives the best result?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sam, others · **What happens:** speak, stay, give · **To what, where:** group, best result · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a group of four in Toronto, Sam always speaks first and the others stay quiet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t2:1
# text = In a group of four in Toronto, Sam always speaks first and the others stay quiet.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
17	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Sam |  |  | a group of four in Toronto |  | always, first *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stay** | present | the others |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 gives the best result?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t2:2
# text = What gives the best result?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present |  | the best result |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Everyone takes a turn so every idea is heard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t2:o1:1
# text = Everyone takes a turn so every idea is heard
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Everyone | a turn |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** | present · passive |  | every idea |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sam does all the deciding because he is fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t2:o2:1
# text = Sam does all the deciding because he is fast
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	deciding	decide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	obl	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Sam |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **decide** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | Sam |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The group splits up and works alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t2:o3:1
# text = The group splits up and works alone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	splits	split	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split up** | present | the group |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** | present | the group *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The quiet ones write down Sam's ideas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:t2:o4:1
# text = The quiet ones write down Sam's ideas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	write	write	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write down** | present | the quiet ones | Sam's ideas |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme |

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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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