--- title: «a turn chart?? are you a teacher or what» — Jayden's chart. Why doe… — Whose turn is it? · tree and pragmatics description: «a turn chart?? are you a teacher or what» — Jayden's chart. Why does it work? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 397 «Whose turn is it?» 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/397-whose-turn-is-it/t8/) [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/) / [Whose turn is it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/397-whose-turn-is-it/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Whose turn is it? «a turn chart?? are you a teacher or what» — Jayden's chart. Why does it work? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** turn chart, Jayden, chart · **What happens:** be, chart, work · **To what, where:** teacher This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 397 «Whose turn is it?» 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/397-whose-turn-is-it/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «a turn chart?? are you a teacher or what» — Jayden's chart. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:t8:1 # text = «a turn chart?? are you a teacher or what» — Jayden's chart. 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 chart chart NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 — - PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 Jayden Jayden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 chart chart NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a turn chart | a teacher and Jayden's chart | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **chart** | | Jayden | | | | | | nom chart «communication transitive»: 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:* Why does it work? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:t8:2 # text = Why does it work? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present · do-support | chart | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Rules written down are easier to keep ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:t8:o1:1 # text = Rules written down are easier to keep 1 Rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write down** | participle | | Rules *not said here* | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | Rules | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Rules *not said here* | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nobody can read the names on it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:t8:o2:1 # text = Nobody can read the names on it 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | can | Nobody | the names | | it | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} The bright colours on it make people feel calm ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:t8:o3:1 # text = The bright colours on it make people feel calm 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | the bright colours on it | people | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | calm *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Teachers like charts on walls ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:t8:o4:1 # text = Teachers like charts on walls 1 Teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 like like ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 charts chart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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