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title: Which is true about telling a school counsellor about a worry? — Marks, group work, help at school and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about telling a school counsellor about a worry? Test 4 · ★ 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 choice was right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills

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Which is true about telling a school counsellor about a worry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, tell · **To what, where:** school counsellor · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t4:1
# text = Which is true about telling a school counsellor about a worry?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | a school counsellor |  |  |  | about a worry | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent counsellor=Recipient about worry=Topic |

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

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Counsellors are there to help, and sharing makes worries lighter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t4:o1:1
# text = Counsellors are there to help, and sharing makes worries lighter
1	Counsellors	counsellor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	nsubj	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	worries	worry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Counsellors |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | Counsellors *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **share** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **make** | present |  | worries |  |  |  | light *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset worry=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Worries are best kept secret until they vanish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t4:o2:1
# text = Worries are best kept secret until they vanish
1	Worries	worry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	vanish	vanish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · passive |  | Worries |  |  |  | secret, well *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **vanish** | present | Worries *= worry* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Counsellors only help with homework and tests, not with feelings or home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t4:o3:1
# text = Counsellors only help with homework and tests, not with feelings or home
1	Counsellors	counsellor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Counsellors |  |  |  |  | with homework and tests; with feelings or home | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with homework=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Telling a worry always gets you into trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t4:o4:1
# text = Telling a worry always gets you into trouble
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | a worry |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent worry=Recipient |
| 2 | **get** | present | Telling | you |  | trouble |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

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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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