--- title: Kuba speaks only a little English. Which would help him most? — The new kid and the first day · tree and pragmatics description: Kuba speaks only a little English. Which would help him most? Test 9 of lesson 465 «The new kid and the first day» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/t9/) [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/) / [The new kid and the first day](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/) / t9 # Test 9 · The new kid and the first day Kuba speaks only a little English. Which would help him most? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kuba · **What happens:** speak, help · **To what, where:** little English, Kuba · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 of lesson 465 «The new kid and the first day» 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/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kuba speaks only a little English. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t9:1 # text = Kuba speaks only a little English. 1 Kuba Kuba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Kuba | a little English | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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 would help him most? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t9:2 # text = Which would help him most? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | would | | | Kuba | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Correcting every mistake he makes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t9:o1:1 # text = Correcting every mistake he makes 1 Correcting correct VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | gerund | | every mistake | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mistake=Patient | | 2 | **make** | present | he | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Learning to say hello in Polish ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t9:o2:1 # text = Learning to say hello in Polish 1 Learning learn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 hello hello INTJ UH _ 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Polish Polish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | Polish | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent hello=Theme in polish=Manner | ### Option 3 {#o3} Talking very loudly and slowly at him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t9:o3:1 # text = Talking very loudly and slowly at him 1 Talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 3 conj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | at him *= he*; loudly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Leaving him to work it all out alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t9:o4:1 # text = Leaving him to work it all out alone 1 Leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 alone alone ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | out *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent it=Material | **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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