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title: In Delhi: "Class rep, kindly do the needful and tell us what happene… — Putting it together: explain each side… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Delhi: "Class rep, kindly do the needful and tell us what happened at council." What makes a good report back? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim

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In Delhi: "Class rep, kindly do the needful and tell us what happened at council." What makes a good report back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Class rep · **What happens:** do, tell, happen, make · **To what, where:** needful, Delhi, us, council, good report · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» 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/40-putting-it-together/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Delhi: "Class rep, kindly do the needful and tell us what happened at council."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t10:1
# text = In Delhi: "Class rep, kindly do the needful and tell us what happened at council."
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Delhi	Delhi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rep	rep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	needful	needful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
14	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	iobj	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
16	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | Class rep | the needful |  | Delhi |  | kindly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | Class rep *not said here* |  | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **happen** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  | council |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at council=Location |

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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 makes a good report back?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t10:2
# text = What makes a good report back?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present |  | a good report |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material report=Product |

## The options {#options}

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

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Honestly saying what was asked, what was won and what was not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t10:o1:1
# text = Honestly saying what was asked, what was won and what was not
1	Honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	conj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | honestly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **win** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Blaming the other reps for everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t10:o2:1
# text = Blaming the other reps for everything
1	Blaming	blame	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reps	rep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | gerund |  | the other reps |  |  |  | for everything | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent rep=Theme for everything=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Saying everything was won, even if it was not, so the class stays happy

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t10:o3:1
# text = Saying everything was won, even if it was not, so the class stays happy
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	csubj	_	_
2	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **win** | past · passive |  | everything |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 3 | **stay** | present | the class |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Keeping the meeting a secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t10:o4:1
# text = Keeping the meeting a secret
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | the meeting |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meeting=Theme |

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