--- title: Jess thinks: "Maybe I'm just bad at writing." What did asking her te… — I failed: the missed penalty, the lost… · tree and pragmatics description: Jess thinks: "Maybe I'm just bad at writing." What did asking her teacher show? 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What did asking her teacher show? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jess · **What happens:** think, be, ask, show · **To what, where:** writing, teacher show · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 of lesson 24 «I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark» 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/24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jess thinks: "Maybe I'm just bad at writing." ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark:t9:1 # text = Jess thinks: "Maybe I'm just bad at writing." 1 Jess Jess 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 : _ 9 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Jess | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Jess | | | writing | | bad, maybe *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What did asking her teacher show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark:t9:2 # text = What did asking her teacher show? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 show show NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | | Jess's teacher show | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent show=Recipient | | 2 | **show** | | Jess | | | | | | nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} She really is bad at writing and should stop trying to write stories ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark:t9:o1:1 # text = She really is bad at writing and should stop trying to write stories 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | writing | | bad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | should | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **try** | gerund | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **write** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | stories | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The mark was given by mistake ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark:t9:o2:1 # text = The mark was given by mistake 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | mistake | the mark | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The story could be improved, and the rewrite got a better mark ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark:t9:o3:1 # text = The story could be improved, and the rewrite got a better mark 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 improved improve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rewrite rewrite NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 amod _ _ 13 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **improve** | could · passive | | the story | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **get** | past | the rewrite | a better mark | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Teachers never explain marks to pupils ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:24-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark:t9:o4:1 # text = Teachers never explain marks to pupils 1 Teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 explain explain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 pupils pupil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **explain** *speech: assert* | present | Teachers | marks | pupils | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent mark=Topic to pupil=Recipient | **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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