--- title: In Liverpool: "Sound speech, but you said 'um' like fifty times, la.… — School councils and class reps · tree and pragmatics description: In Liverpool: "Sound speech, but you said 'um' like fifty times, la." What tip would help? Test 2 of lesson 37 «School councils and class reps» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/37-school-councils-and-class-reps/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/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [School councils and class reps](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/37-school-councils-and-class-reps/) / t2 # Test 2 · School councils and class reps In Liverpool: "Sound speech, but you said 'um' like fifty times, la." What tip would help? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, la. · **What happens:** say, help · **To what, where:** um · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 of lesson 37 «School councils and class reps» 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/37-school-councils-and-class-reps/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t2:1 # text = In Liverpool: "Sound speech, but you said 'um' like fifty times, la." What tip would help? 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 like like ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 la. La. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 20 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 nsubj _ _ 21 tip tip NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | you | um | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent um=Topic | | 2 | **help** | would | la. | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Pick three clear ideas and say them slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t2:o1:1 # text = Pick three clear ideas and say them slowly 1 Pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | imperative | you *not said here* | three clear ideas | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | ideas *= idea* | | | | slowly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Talk faster so the ums disappear ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t2:o2:1 # text = Talk faster so the ums disappear 1 Talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ _ 3 so so SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ums um NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 disappear disappear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **disappear** | present | the ums | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Say nothing and just smile ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t2:o3:1 # text = Say nothing and just smile 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 smile smile VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 2 | **smile** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Read the dictionary aloud instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t2:o4:1 # text = Read the dictionary aloud instead 1 Read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dictionary dictionary NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 instead instead ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* | the dictionary | | | | aloud, instead *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dictionary=Topic | **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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