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title: A boy hates the book he chose but thinks he must finish every book h… — Marks, group work, help at school and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy hates the book he chose but thinks he must finish every book he starts. What is true? Test 9 · ★ 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
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# Test 9 · ★ · Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills

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A boy hates the book he chose but thinks he must finish every book he starts. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** hate, choose, think, finish, start, be · **To what, where:** book · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy hates the book he chose but thinks he must finish every book he starts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t9:1
# text = A boy hates the book he chose but thinks he must finish every book he starts.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | a boy | the book |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus |
| 2 | **choose** | past | boy | the book *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **finish** | must | boy | every book |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector book=Eventuality |
| 5 | **start** | present | boy | every book *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Eventuality |

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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:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t9:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	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 |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Every book must be read to the last page

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t9:o1:1
# text = Every book must be read to the last page
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | must · passive |  | every book | the last page |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to page=Recipient |

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

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It is fine to stop and pick another; reading should be enjoyable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t9:o2:1
# text = It is fine to stop and pick another; reading should be enjoyable
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	enjoyable	enjoyable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **pick** | infinitive |  | another |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | should | reading |  |  |  |  | enjoyable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stopping a book is against library rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t9:o3:1
# text = Stopping a book is against library rules
1	Stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | gerund |  | a book |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality book=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | Stopping |  |  |  |  | against library rules | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He must finish it, or he will never learn to read well or stick at things

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t9:o4:1
# text = He must finish it, or he will never learn to read well or stick at things
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | must | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **learn** | future | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **read** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **stick** | infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | things |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme at thing=Destination |

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