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title: The supply teacher in Melbourne steps out and the class starts throw… — Peer pressure, happy secrets and being… · tree and pragmatics
description: The supply teacher in Melbourne steps out and the class starts throwing paper. What shows you are trustworthy? Test 6 · ★ 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 eac
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# Test 6 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted

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The supply teacher in Melbourne steps out and the class starts throwing paper. What shows you are trustworthy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** supply teacher, class, you · **What happens:** step out, start, throw, show, be · **To what, where:** paper · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The supply teacher in Melbourne steps out and the class starts throwing paper.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t6:1
# text = The supply teacher in Melbourne steps out and the class starts throwing paper.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	supply	supply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	steps	step	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
13	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step out** | present | the supply teacher in Melbourne |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **start** | present | the class |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **throw** | gerund | the class *not said here* | paper |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme |

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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 shows you are trustworthy?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t6:2
# text = What shows you are trustworthy?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	trustworthy	trustworthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | trustworthy *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Writing names of others to tell on everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t6:o1:1
# text = Writing names of others to tell on everyone
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | everyone |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **name** |  |  | others |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Throwing paper too, so you fit in and nobody thinks you're a goody

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t6:o2:1
# text = Throwing paper too, so you fit in and nobody thinks you're a goody
1	Throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
11	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	goody	goody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | gerund |  | paper |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme |
| 2 | **fit in** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present | you | a goody |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hiding so you can't be blamed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t6:o3:1
# text = Hiding so you can't be blamed
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **blame** | can · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Carrying on with your work as if she were there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t6:o4:1
# text = Carrying on with your work as if she were there
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry on** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with your work | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=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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