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title: What would happen if Ava never told any teacher she needed the toile… — Humiliated in front of everyone: the m… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if Ava never told any teacher she needed the toilet on trips? Test 5 of lesson 9 «Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that 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 ch
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# Test 5 · Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that won't go…

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What would happen if Ava never told any teacher she needed the toilet on trips?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ava · **What happens:** happen, not tell, need · **To what, where:** teacher, toilet, trips · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 9 «Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that 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/9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t5:1
# text = What would happen if Ava never told any teacher she needed the toilet on trips?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	iobj	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	trips	trip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Ava |  | any teacher |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **need** | past | Ava | the toilet |  | trips |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot toilet=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Teachers would guess every time without asking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t5:o1:1
# text = Teachers would guess every time without asking
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	guess	guess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | would | Teachers |  |  |  | time |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Teachers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing; asking is only something younger kids do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing; asking is only something younger kids do
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
7	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | asking | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | present | younger kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She would get better at holding it forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t5:o3:1
# text = She would get better at holding it forever
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | She |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund | She *not said here* | it |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The same scary moment might happen again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t5:o4:1
# text = The same scary moment might happen again
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | might | the same scary moment |  |  |  | again |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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