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title: It is given that a teacher has not arrived fifteen minutes after the… — School legends · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a teacher has not arrived fifteen minutes after the commencement of a lesson. Determine the appropriate course of action for the class. Exam question 4 of lesson 24 «School legends» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 4 · School legends

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It is given that a teacher has not arrived fifteen minutes after the commencement of a lesson. Determine the appropriate course of action for the class.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher, you · **What happens:** give, not arrive, determine · **To what, where:** It, appropriate course

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 24 «School legends» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/myths/24-school-legends/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a teacher has not arrived fifteen minutes after the commencement of a lesson.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:e4:1
# text = It is given that a teacher has not arrived fifteen minutes after the commencement of a lesson.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	commencement	commencement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **arrive** | present · perfect | a teacher |  |  |  | after the commencement of a lesson; minute |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «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:* Determine the appropriate course of action for the class.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:e4:2
# text = Determine the appropriate course of action for the class.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course of action for the class |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Remain and inform the school office

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:e4:o1:1
# text = Remain and inform the school office
1	Remain	remain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the school office |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent office=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Return home without delay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:e4:o2:1
# text = Return home without delay
1	Return	return	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | without delay; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Proceed to the playground until the bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:e4:o3:1
# text = Proceed to the playground until the bell
1	Proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | until the bell | to the playground | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Depart, pursuant to a rule of fifteen minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:e4:o4:1
# text = Depart, pursuant to a rule of fifteen minutes
1	Depart	Depart	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** |  | fifteen minutes |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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