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title: A classmate keeps chatting while you try to read. You asked kindly,… — Breakfast, the school day and honest h… · tree and pragmatics
description: A classmate keeps chatting while you try to read. You asked kindly, but it went on. What next? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 306 «Breakfast, the school day and honest homework» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Breakfast, the school day and honest homework

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A classmate keeps chatting while you try to read. You asked kindly, but it went on. What next?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** classmate, you · **What happens:** keep, chat, try, read, ask, go on

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 306 «Breakfast, the school day and honest homework» 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/306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A classmate keeps chatting while you try to read.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t9:1
# text = A classmate keeps chatting while you try to read.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	chatting	chat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	try	try	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | a classmate |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | gerund | a classmate *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **try** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **read** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* You asked kindly, but it went on.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t9:2
# text = You asked kindly, but it went on.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	on	on	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | You |  |  |  |  | kindly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go on** | past | classmate |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What next?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t9:3
# text = What next?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	next	next	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Move to another classroom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t9:o1:1
# text = Move to another classroom
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | another classroom |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to classroom=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Throw a rubber at them to stop it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t9:o2:1
# text = Throw a rubber at them to stop it
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | a rubber |  |  |  | at them *= they* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent rubber=Theme at they=Destination |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | rubber |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |

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

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Tell the teacher calmly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t9:o3:1
# text = Tell the teacher calmly
1	Tell	tell	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	_	_
4	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the teacher |  |  | calmly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Start chatting loudly too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t9:o4:1
# text = Start chatting loudly too
1	Start	start	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	chatting	chat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «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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