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title: Whereas a pupil has reported mistreatment to a member of staff who h… — «Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a pupil has reported mistreatment to a member of staff who has taken no action, select the response most consistent with established guidance. Exam question 2 of lesson 391 ««Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-ups say» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 2 · «Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-up…

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Whereas a pupil has reported mistreatment to a member of staff who has taken no action, select the response most consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** staff, you · **What happens:** report, take, select, establish · **To what, where:** pupil, member, action, response

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 391 ««Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-ups say» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:e2:1
# text = Whereas a pupil has reported mistreatment to a member of staff who has taken no action, select the response most consistent with established guidance.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	_
6	mistreatment	mistreatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	staff	staff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
18	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	22	advmod	_	_
22	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	amod	_	_
25	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | present · perfect · passive |  | a pupil | a member of staff |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to member=Recipient |
| 2 | **take** | present · perfect | staff | no action |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme |
| 3 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 4 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No further report ought to be made

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:e2:o1:1
# text = No further report ought to be made
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | ought · passive |  | no further report |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The report ought to be repeated, or made to another responsible adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:e2:o2:1
# text = The report ought to be repeated, or made to another responsible adult
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
12	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | ought · passive |  | the report |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to another responsible adult | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The matter ought thereafter to be resolved by force between the pupils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:e2:o3:1
# text = The matter ought thereafter to be resolved by force between the pupils
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | ought · passive | force | the matter |  |  |  | between the pupils; thereafter *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The pupil ought to absent himself from school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:e2:o4:1
# text = The pupil ought to absent himself from school
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	absent	absent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absent** | ought | the pupil | pupil |  | school |  |  | tree rules |

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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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