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# Test 4 · ★ · Girls who fight and double standards

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Teacher: «Who started it?» Jake: «we both did, miss». Maddie stays quiet. What's fair for Maddie to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Teacher, Maddie · **What happens:** start, miss, stay, be, do · **To what, where:** it

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Teacher: «Who started it?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t4:1
# text = Teacher: «Who started it?»
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** *in a quote* | past | Teacher | it |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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:* Jake: «we both did, miss».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t4:2
# text = Jake: «we both did, miss».
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	miss	miss	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** *in a quote* | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 3:* Maddie stays quiet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t4:3
# text = Maddie stays quiet.
1	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | Maddie |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 4:* What's fair for Maddie to do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t4:4
# text = What's fair for Maddie to do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | Maddie |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cry so she gets let off by Miss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t4:o1:1
# text = Cry so she gets let off by Miss
1	Cry	cry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **let off** | present · passive | Miss | she |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Say only Jake started it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t4:o2:1
# text = Say only Jake started it
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **start** | past | Jake | it |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Say she was just watching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t4:o3:1
# text = Say she was just watching
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **watch** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

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

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Say yes, she shoved too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:t4:o4:1
# text = Say yes, she shoved too
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shoved	shove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **shove** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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