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title: "it's snowed 10cm, school HAS to close by law!" Is that how it works? — School legends · tree and pragmatics
description: "it's snowed 10cm, school HAS to close by law!" Is that how it works? Test 4 of lesson 24 «School legends» of the myths 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 4 · School legends

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"it's snowed 10cm, school HAS to close by law!" Is that how it works?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** school · **What happens:** snow, have, close, be · **To what, where:** it

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This is test 4 of lesson 24 «School legends» of the myths 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/myths/24-school-legends/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "it's snowed 10cm, school HAS to close by law!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t4:1
# text = "it's snowed 10cm, school HAS to close by law!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	snowed	snow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	cm	cm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	HAS	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snow** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | school |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **close** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | school *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by law | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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:* Is that how it works?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t4:2
# text = Is that how it works?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | school |  |  |  |  | work *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, but only for the primary schools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t4:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only for the primary schools
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	primary	primary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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No, the head decides based on safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t4:o2:1
# text = No, the head decides based on safety
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	based	base	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	case	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | the head |  |  |  |  | base safety | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **base** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only if the snow is fresh, deep and white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t4:o3:1
# text = Only if the snow is fresh, deep and white
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the snow |  |  |  |  | fresh *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the snow *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the snow *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, it's a law in every single country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, it's a law in every single country
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a law |  | every single country |  |  | tree rules |

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