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title: Three friends each want a different theme for their class poster. Wh… — Marks, group work, help at school and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Three friends each want a different theme for their class poster. Which plan is the fairest? Test 2 · ★ 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 optio
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# Test 2 · ★ · Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills

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Three friends each want a different theme for their class poster. Which plan is the fairest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Three friends, friends, plan · **What happens:** want, post, be · **To what, where:** different theme

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Three friends each want a different theme for their class poster.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t2:1
# text = Three friends each want a different theme for their class poster.
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	theme	theme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Three friends | a different theme |  |  |  | for friends's class poster | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot theme=Theme |
| 2 | **post** |  | friends *= friend* |  |  |  |  |  | nom poster «communication transitive»: poss=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:* Which plan is the fairest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t2:2
# text = Which plan is the fairest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which plan |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Let the first person who spoke decide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t2:o1:1
# text = Let the first person who spoke decide
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | the first person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the first person |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **decide** | present | the first person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Hear everyone's idea, then vote or combine them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t2:o2:1
# text = Hear everyone's idea, then vote or combine them
1	Hear	hear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	vote	vote	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	combine	combine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | imperative | you *not said here* | everyone's idea |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer idea=Stimulus |
| 2 | **vote** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **combine** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Use the idea of whoever is oldest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t2:o3:1
# text = Use the idea of whoever is oldest
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | the idea of whoever |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Make three small posters and never agree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t2:o4:1
# text = Make three small posters and never agree
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	posters	poster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	agree	agree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | three small posters |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset poster=Product |
| 2 | **not** **agree** *speech: agree* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «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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