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title: «late for the bus, running with me pencil in me hand» What is the ru… — Pencils, paper and school things · tree and pragmatics
description: «late for the bus, running with me pencil in me hand» What is the rule? Test 2 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 2 · Pencils, paper and school things

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«late for the bus, running with me pencil in me hand» What is the rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** run, be · **To what, where:** hand rule · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» of the technology 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/technology/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t2:1
# text = «late for the bus, running with me pencil in me hand» What is the rule?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	csubj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
13	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with me | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with i=Material |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the hand rule |  |  |  | for the bus | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Hold it point up and just run a bit faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t2:o1:1
# text = Hold it point up and just run a bit faster
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	point	point	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **point up** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **run** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a bit |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bit=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is only a problem indoors, not outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t2:o2:1
# text = It is only a problem indoors, not outside
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a problem |  |  |  | indoors, outside *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Never run holding a pencil or pen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t2:o3:1
# text = Never run holding a pencil or pen
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund | you *not said here* | a pencil or pen |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Put it in your mouth instead so your hands are free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t2:o4:1
# text = Put it in your mouth instead so your hands are free
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | your mouth |  | instead *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in mouth=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | present | your hands |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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