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title: «He said my mum's gonna die so I hit him». What should the head teac… — Speaking up is bravery too · tree and pragmatics
description: «He said my mum's gonna die so I hit him». What should the head teacher do? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» 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 9 · ★ · Speaking up is bravery too

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«He said my mum's gonna die so I hit him». What should the head teacher do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** He, mum, I, head teacher · **What happens:** say, die, hit, do · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» 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/368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «He said my mum's gonna die so I hit him».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t9:1
# text = «He said my mum's gonna die so I hit him».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	dep	_	_
8	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **die** *in a quote* | infinitive | my mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **hit** *in a quote* | past | I | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-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 should the head teacher do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t9:2
# text = What should the head teacher do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | the head teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Punish only the other boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t9:o1:1
# text = Punish only the other boy
1	Punish	punish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | imperative | you *not said here* | the other boy |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Help Jake with his worry and still deal with the hitting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t9:o2:1
# text = Help Jake with his worry and still deal with the hitting
1	Help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	deal	deal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hitting	hit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Jake |  |  | with Jake's worry | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent jake=Beneficiary with worry=Theme |
| 2 | **deal** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hit** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **worry** |  | Jake |  |  |  |  |  | nom worry «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tell Jake his mum is fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t9:o3:1
# text = Tell Jake his mum is fine
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Jake |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent jake=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Jake's mum |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Let Jake off completely because of his mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t9:o4:1
# text = Let Jake off completely because of his mum
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let off** | imperative | you *not said here* | Jake |  |  |  | because Jake's mum; completely *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jake=Theme |

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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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