--- title: Which shows the healthiest attitude to a bad test mark? — Mistakes, asking for help and saying no · tree and pragmatics description: Which shows the healthiest attitude to a bad test mark? Test 2 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/t2/) [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/) / [Mistakes, asking for help and saying no](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/) / t2 # Test 2 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no Which shows the healthiest attitude to a bad test mark? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** show · **To what, where:** healthiest attitude, bad test mark This is test 2 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t2:1 # text = Which shows the healthiest attitude to a bad test mark? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 healthiest healthy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 attitude attitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | | the healthiest attitude | a bad test mark | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent attitude=Topic to mark=Recipient | 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} It means I should stop trying ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t2:o1:1 # text = It means I should stop trying 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stop** | should | I | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **try** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} It proves I am not clever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t2:o2:1 # text = It proves I am not clever 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 proves prove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | It | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | I | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It shows me what to practise next ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t2:o3:1 # text = It shows me what to practise next 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 practise practise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 7 next next ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | It | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 2 | **practise** | to-infinitive | | | | | | next *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It means the teacher does not like me ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t2:o4:1 # text = It means the teacher does not like me 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | the teacher | me | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot i=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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