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description: Lucy thinks, "Whatever I do, I'm in trouble, she hates me." What would probably make it worse? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Fights, racism and being a bystander» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Fights, racism and being a bystander

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Lucy thinks, "Whatever I do, I'm in trouble, she hates me." What would probably make it worse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lucy · **What happens:** think, do, be, hate, make · **To what, where:** Whatever, trouble, Lucy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Fights, racism and being a bystander» of the reflection 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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucy thinks, "Whatever I do, I'm in trouble, she hates me."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:t7:1
# text = Lucy thinks, "Whatever I do, I'm in trouble, she hates me."
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	obl	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Lucy | Whatever |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present | Lucy |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Lucy |  |  | trouble |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **hate** *in a quote* | present | Lucy | Lucy |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |

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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 would probably make it worse?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:t7:2
# text = What would probably make it worse?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | would |  | trouble |  |  |  | bad, probably *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary it=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Talking to another teacher she trusts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:t7:o1:1
# text = Talking to another teacher she trusts
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	trusts	trust	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to another teacher | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to teacher=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **trust** | present | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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

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Being rude back to the teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:t7:o2:1
# text = Being rude back to the teacher
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	csubj	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Telling her mum how she feels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:t7:o3:1
# text = Telling her mum how she feels
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | her mum |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient |
| 2 | **feel** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Asking the teacher what she can improve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:t7:o4:1
# text = Asking the teacher what she can improve
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	improve	improve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | the teacher |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **improve** | can | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

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