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title: A girl from Sydney asks, "Can I ring a helpline if I'm not in Britai… — Getting help: when sadness or worry wo… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl from Sydney asks, "Can I ring a helpline if I'm not in Britain?" What's true? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 29 «Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 11 · ★ · Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away

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A girl from Sydney asks, "Can I ring a helpline if I'm not in Britain?" What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** ask, ring, not be, be · **To what, where:** helpline, Britain · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 29 «Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away» 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/29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl from Sydney asks, "Can I ring a helpline if I'm not in Britain?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t11:1
# text = A girl from Sydney asks, "Can I ring a helpline if I'm not in Britain?"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	ring	ring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	helpline	helpline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a girl from Sydney |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ring** *in a quote* | can | a girl from Sydney *= girl* | a helpline |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location helpline=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | a girl from Sydney *= girl* |  |  | Britain |  |  | tree rules |

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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's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t11:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only British children are allowed helplines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t11:o1:1
# text = Only British children are allowed helplines
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	helplines	helpline	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present · passive |  | British children |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal helpline=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Helplines only work if you live in English or British cities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t11:o2:1
# text = Helplines only work if you live in English or British cities
1	Helplines	helpline	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Helplines |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **live** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  | English or British cities |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in english=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Children can only call with a parent there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t11:o3:1
# text = Children can only call with a parent there
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | can | Children |  |  | there |  | with a parent | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Many countries have free helplines for children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away:t11:o4:1
# text = Many countries have free helplines for children
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	helplines	helpline	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Many countries | free helplines |  |  |  | for children | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helpline=Patient |

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