--- title: teacher on duty, busy: «not now, sort it yourselves». What next? — «Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher… · tree and pragmatics description: teacher on duty, busy: «not now, sort it yourselves». What next? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 391 ««Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? 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What next? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** sort · **To what, where:** teacher This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* teacher on duty, busy: «not now, sort it yourselves». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:t6:1 # text = teacher on duty, busy: «not now, sort it yourselves». 1 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 sort sort VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sort** *in a quote* | infinitive | | teacher | | | now | | tree rules | 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:* What next? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:t6:2 # text = What next? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 next next ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Cry and do nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:t6:o1:1 # text = Cry and do nothing 1 Cry cry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **do** | infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Sort it out with fists ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:t6:o2:1 # text = Sort it out with fists 1 Sort sort VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 fists fist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sort out** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with fists | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Go home and never come back to school ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:t6:o3:1 # text = Go home and never come back to school 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **come back** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | school | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Find another adult and tell them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:t6:o4:1 # text = Find another adult and tell them 1 Find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | another adult | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | **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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