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title: A girl in Glasgow skips PE to sit in the library without telling any… — Peer pressure, happy secrets and being… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Glasgow skips PE to sit in the library without telling anyone. Why might the staff panic? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 2 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted

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A girl in Glasgow skips PE to sit in the library without telling anyone. Why might the staff panic?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** skip, sit, tell · **To what, where:** PE, library, anyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Glasgow skips PE to sit in the library without telling anyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t2:1
# text = A girl in Glasgow skips PE to sit in the library without telling anyone.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	skips	skip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	PE	pe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | present | a girl in Glasgow | PE |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit** | to-infinitive | a girl in Glasgow *not said here* |  |  | the library |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in library=Location |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | a girl in Glasgow *not said here* |  | anyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |

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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:* Why might the staff panic?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t2:2
# text = Why might the staff panic?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	panic	panic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They want her to do more running and get fitter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t2:o1:1
# text = They want her to do more running and get fitter
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	running	running	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	fitter	fit	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | They | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | more running |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent running=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fit *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Skipping PE is never noticed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t2:o2:1
# text = Skipping PE is never noticed
1	Skipping	skip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
2	PE	pe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	noticed	notice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | gerund |  | PE |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pe=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **notice** | present · passive | Skipping |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING» |

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

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They must always know where every child is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t2:o3:1
# text = They must always know where every child is
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	ccomp	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | must | They |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | every child |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The library is closed in the afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t2:o4:1
# text = The library is closed in the afternoon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present · passive |  | the library |  |  | afternoon |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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