--- title: Teacher: «What does our wall rule say?» Which is it? — How to say stop · tree and pragmatics description: Teacher: «What does our wall rule say?» Which is it? Test 10 of lesson 388 «How to say stop» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [How to say stop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/) / t10 # Test 10 · How to say stop Teacher: «What does our wall rule say?» Which is it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wall rule, our · **What happens:** say, rule, be · **To what, where:** Teacher · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 of lesson 388 «How to say stop» 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/388-how-to-say-stop/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Teacher: «What does our wall rule say?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t10:1 # text = Teacher: «What does our wall rule say?» 1 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 6 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · do-support | our wall rule | | | | | Teacher *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 2 | **rule** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which is it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t10:2 # text = Which is it? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Teacher | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} When someone says stop, we stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t10:o1:1 # text = When someone says stop, we stop 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | someone | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stop** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **stop** | present | we | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Stop means slow down a bit ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t10:o2:1 # text = Stop means slow down a bit 1 Stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 slow slow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Stop | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **slow down** | infinitive | | a bit | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stop only counts in lessons ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t10:o3:1 # text = Stop only counts in lessons 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **count** | present | you *not said here* | | | lessons | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} When the teacher says stop, we stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t10:o4:1 # text = When the teacher says stop, we stop 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the teacher | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stop** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **stop** | present | we | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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. 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