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title: teacher said wait till break but i really gotta go — Eyes, nose and using the toilet · tree and pragmatics
description: teacher said wait till break but i really gotta go Test 15 · ★ of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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 15 · ★ · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

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teacher said wait till break but i really gotta go

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, i · **What happens:** say, wait, go · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t15:1
# text = teacher said wait till break but i really gotta go
1	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
4	till	till	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	gotta	gotta	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive |  |  |  |  | till break |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Hold it all day, it is good practice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t15:o1:1
# text = Hold it all day, it is good practice
1	Hold	hold	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	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | day |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | good practice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ask again politely, holding it a long time can cause an infection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t15:o2:1
# text = Ask again politely, holding it a long time can cause an infection
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	infection	infection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again | politely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund |  | it |  |  | time |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **cause** | can | holding | a infection |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition infection=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drink more water so it goes away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t15:o3:1
# text = Drink more water so it goes away
1	Drink	drink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | imperative | you *not said here* | more water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 2 | **go away** | present | water |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never ask, it is rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t15:o4:1
# text = Never ask, it is rude
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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