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title: Jack stabbed himself with a pencil and is panicking about lead poiso… — School legends · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack stabbed himself with a pencil and is panicking about lead poisoning. What do you tell him? Test 5 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 5 · School legends

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Jack stabbed himself with a pencil and is panicking about lead poisoning. What do you tell him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack, you · **What happens:** stab, panic, tell · **To what, where:** Jack · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jack stabbed himself with a pencil and is panicking about lead poisoning.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t5:1
# text = Jack stabbed himself with a pencil and is panicking about lead poisoning.
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stabbed	stab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	panicking	panic	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	poisoning	poisoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stab** | past | Jack | Jack |  |  |  | with a pencil | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent himself=Patient with pencil=Instrument |
| 2 | **panic** | present · progressive | Jack *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about lead poisoning | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 do you tell him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t5:2
# text = What do you tell him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you |  | Jack |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He needs an emergency injection now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t5:o1:1
# text = He needs an emergency injection now
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	injection	injection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | He | a emergency injection |  |  | now |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot injection=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Pull out the lead with a magnet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t5:o2:1
# text = Pull out the lead with a magnet
1	Pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull out** | imperative | you *not said here* | the lead |  |  |  | with a magnet | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pencils only poison you if they are painted yellow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t5:o3:1
# text = Pencils only poison you if they are painted yellow
1	Pencils	pencil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	poison	poison	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** | present | Pencils | you |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
| 2 | **paint** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | Pencils *= pencil* |  |  |  | yellow *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Pencils have no lead; wash it and tell an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t5:o4:1
# text = Pencils have no lead; wash it and tell an adult
1	Pencils	pencil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Pencils | no lead |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lead=Patient |
| 2 | **wash** | infinitive |  | lead |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

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