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title: In Johannesburg: "I'll check it now now, but first let me forward it… — Checking practice: true, false and not… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Johannesburg: "I'll check it now now, but first let me forward it to everyone." What is the better order? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet

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In Johannesburg: "I'll check it now now, but first let me forward it to everyone." What is the better order?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, me, better order · **What happens:** check, let, forward, be · **To what, where:** it, Johannesburg, me, everyone

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» of the politics 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/politics/36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Johannesburg: "I'll check it now now, but first let me forward it to everyone."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t7:1
# text = In Johannesburg: "I'll check it now now, but first let me forward it to everyone."
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Johannesburg	Johannesburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	advmod	_	_
14	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	forward	forward	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** *in a quote* | future | I | it |  | Johannesburg | now; now |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | me |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **forward** *in a quote* | infinitive | me *not said here* | it | everyone |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to everyone=Destination |

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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 is the better order?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t7:2
# text = What is the better order?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the better order |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Check only if someone complains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t7:o1:1
# text = Check only if someone complains
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
5	complains	complain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **complain** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Check first, then decide whether to share

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t7:o2:1
# text = Check first, then decide whether to share
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **decide** | present |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **share** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Forward it and never check

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t7:o3:1
# text = Forward it and never check
1	Forward	forward	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forward** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **check** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Forward first, then check later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t7:o4:1
# text = Forward first, then check later
1	Forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then | forward, late *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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