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description: Jake: «why does Maddie get let off, it's not fair». What can he do that actually helps? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 381 «Girls who fight and double standards» 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 righ
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# Test 11 · ★ · Girls who fight and double standards

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Jake: «why does Maddie get let off, it's not fair». What can he do that actually helps?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, Jake, that · **What happens:** let off, not be, do, help · **To what, where:** Jake

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 381 «Girls who fight and double standards» 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/381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake: «why does Maddie get let off, it's not fair».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t11:1
# text = Jake: «why does Maddie get let off, it's not fair».
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
5	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let off** *in a quote* | present · passive · do-support |  | Jake |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

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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 can he do that actually helps?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t11:2
# text = What can he do that actually helps?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | Jake |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | present | that |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Shove Maddie again to make the point clear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t11:o1:1
# text = Shove Maddie again to make the point clear
1	Shove	shove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shove** | imperative | you *not said here* | Maddie |  |  | again |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maddie=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the point |  |  |  | clear *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset point=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Refuse to go to dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t11:o2:1
# text = Refuse to go to dinner
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **go** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | dinner |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to dinner=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Calmly ask the teacher later to treat them both the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t11:o3:1
# text = Calmly ask the teacher later to treat them both the same
1	Calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc:preconj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calmly, late *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **treat** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tell everyone the dinner lady hates all the boys in the school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t11:o4:1
# text = Tell everyone the dinner lady hates all the boys in the school
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	iobj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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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* |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hate** | present | the dinner lady | all boys |  | the school |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=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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