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title: my sister says a girl on school camp was so homesick she "cried for… — Marks, group work, help at school and… · tree and pragmatics
description: my sister says a girl on school camp was so homesick she "cried for 3 days straight and had to go home". what's prob exaggerated Test 19 · ★ 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 pragmat
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# Test 19 · ★ · Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills

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my sister says a girl on school camp was so homesick she "cried for 3 days straight and had to go home". what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister, girl · **What happens:** say, be, cry, have, go, exaggerate · **To what, where:** prob · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t19:1
# text = my sister says a girl on school camp was so homesick she "cried for 3 days straight and had to go home". what's prob exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	homesick	homesick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
23	home	home	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
26	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	28	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
28	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
29	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | a girl on school camp |  |  |  |  | homesick *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | girl |  |  |  | day | straight *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **have** *in a quote* | past | girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | prob *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The 3 days; homesickness is normal and usually passes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t19:o1:1
# text = The 3 days; homesickness is normal and usually passes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	homesickness	homesickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | days homesickness |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | present | days homesickness *not said here* |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That teachers help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t19:o2:1
# text = That teachers help
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | that teachers |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That camps exist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t19:o3:1
# text = That camps exist
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	camps	camp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | that camps |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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That kids miss home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t19:o4:1
# text = That kids miss home
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	miss	miss	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | present | that kids |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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