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title: A child told a teacher once about bullying, but it is still going on… — Friendship troubles, being left out an… · tree and pragmatics
description: A child told a teacher once about bullying, but it is still going on. What next? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 98 «Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying» 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 
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying

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A child told a teacher once about bullying, but it is still going on. What next?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** tell, go on · **To what, where:** teacher · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 98 «Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying» 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/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A child told a teacher once about bullying, but it is still going on.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:t5:1
# text = A child told a teacher once about bullying, but it is still going on.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	iobj	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bullying	bullying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	still	still	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a child |  | a teacher |  |  | about bullying; once *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go on** | present · progressive | child |  |  |  | still |  | vn function-105.2.1 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* What next?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:t5:2
# text = What next?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	next	next	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Give up, because telling does not work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:t5:o1:1
# text = Give up, because telling does not work
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **work** | present · do-support | telling |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Tell again, and tell a parent too, until it stops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:t5:o2:1
# text = Tell again, and tell a parent too, until it stops
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a parent |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
| 3 | **stop** | present | parent |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Change schools without telling anyone the real reason why

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:t5:o3:1
# text = Change schools without telling anyone the real reason why
1	Change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Change schools | the real reason | anyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient reason=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fight the bully, since telling failed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:t5:o4:1
# text = Fight the bully, since telling failed
1	Fight	fight	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bully |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bully=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fail** *not said to happen* | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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