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title: A boy in Denver gets 6 out of 10 on a maths quiz. Which thought will… — Marks, group work, help at school and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Denver gets 6 out of 10 on a maths quiz. Which thought will help him most? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 307 «Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills» 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 1 · ★ · Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills

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A boy in Denver gets 6 out of 10 on a maths quiz. Which thought will help him most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** get, think, help · **To what, where:** 6, 10, boy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 307 «Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills» 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/307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Denver gets 6 out of 10 on a maths quiz.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t1:1
# text = A boy in Denver gets 6 out of 10 on a maths quiz.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Denver	Denver	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	maths	maths	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	quiz	quiz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | a boy in Denver | 6 |  | 10 on a maths quiz |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 6=Stimulus |

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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:* Which thought will help him most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t1:2
# text = Which thought will help him most?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | future |  |  | boy |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«Maths is not for people like me.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t1:o1:1
# text = «Maths is not for people like me.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Maths |  |  |  |  | for people; like me | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«I am a 6-out-of-10 person for ever.»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t1:o2:1
# text = «I am a 6-out-of-10 person for ever.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
3	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
5	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	out	out	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | a out person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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«Now I know which sums to practise next.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t1:o3:1
# text = «Now I know which sums to practise next.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sums	sum	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	practise	practise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	next	next	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sum** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **practise** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | next *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Marks do not matter, so I will ignore it.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t1:o4:1
# text = «Marks do not matter, so I will ignore it.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Marks |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ignore** *in a quote* | future | I | it |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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