--- title: What should a school do when it learns about bullying? — Bullying and how to stop it · tree and pragmatics description: What should a school do when it learns about bullying? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 55 «Bullying and how to stop 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/55-bullying/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/) / [Bullying and how to stop it](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/55-bullying/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Bullying and how to stop it What should a school do when it learns about bullying? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** school · **What happens:** do, learn This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 55 «Bullying and how to stop 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/55-bullying/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t9:1 # text = What should a school do when it learns about bullying? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 learns learn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 bullying bullying NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | a school | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **learn** | present | school | | | | | about bullying | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about bullying=Topic | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Move the bullied child to another school ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t9:o1:1 # text = Move the bullied child to another school 1 Move move VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 bullied bully VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bullied child | | another school | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent child=Theme to school=Trajectory | | 2 | **bully** | participle | | | | | | | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Wait for the children to sort it out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t9:o2:1 # text = Wait for the children to sort it out 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 sort sort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for the children | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sort out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tell the bullied child to toughen up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t9:o3:1 # text = Tell the bullied child to toughen up 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 bullied bully VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 iobj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 toughen toughen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | the bullied child | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent child=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **bully** | participle | | | | | | | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **toughen up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Act to stop it and keep the child safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:t9:o4:1 # text = Act to stop it and keep the child safe 1 Act act VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality | | 3 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the child | | | | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | **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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