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title: Zara does her reading on the bus. Teacher: «Is that allowed?» What's… — Homework first? · tree and pragmatics
description: Zara does her reading on the bus. Teacher: «Is that allowed?» What's the lesson's point? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 419 «Homework first?» 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Homework first?

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Zara does her reading on the bus. Teacher: «Is that allowed?» What's the lesson's point?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Zara, point, lesson · **What happens:** do, read, allow, be, point · **To what, where:** reading, bus, Teacher

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 419 «Homework first?» 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/419-homework-first/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zara does her reading on the bus.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:t11:1
# text = Zara does her reading on the bus.
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Zara | Zara's reading |  | the bus |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reading=Eventuality |
| 2 | **read** |  | Zara |  |  |  |  |  | nom reading «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Teacher: «Is that allowed?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:t11:2
# text = Teacher: «Is that allowed?»
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | Teacher |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the lesson's point?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:t11:3
# text = What's the lesson's point?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the lesson's point |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **point** |  | the lesson |  |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Finding a time that works for you is smart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:t11:o1:1
# text = Finding a time that works for you is smart
1	Finding	find	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** | present | a time |  |  |  |  | for you | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for you=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **is** | present | Finding |  |  |  |  | smart *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bus is the only place for homework

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:t11:o2:1
# text = The bus is the only place for homework
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the bus | the only place |  |  |  | for homework | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Reading on a bus never counts as work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:t11:o3:1
# text = Reading on a bus never counts as work
1	Reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  |  |  | a bus |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **count** | present | Reading |  |  |  |  | as work | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as work=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Homework must only be done at a desk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:t11:o4:1
# text = Homework must only be done at a desk
1	Homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	desk	desk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | must · passive |  | Homework |  | a desk |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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