--- title: Teaching assistant: "Thirty kids saying it once is still just one ki… — "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not… · tree and pragmatics description: Teaching assistant: "Thirty kids saying it once is still just one kid saying it." What does she mean? Test 3 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / ["Everyone has one!": the crowd is not…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason/) / t3 # Test 3 · "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason Teaching assistant: "Thirty kids saying it once is still just one kid saying it." What does she mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Thirty kids, Teaching, one kid, she · **What happens:** teach, say, be, mean · **To what, where:** assistant, one kid · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» of the world 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/world/166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Teaching assistant: "Thirty kids saying it once is still just one kid saying it." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t3:1 # text = Teaching assistant: "Thirty kids saying it once is still just one kid saying it." 1 Teaching teach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 csubj _ _ 2 assistant assistant NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 advmod _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 still still ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 15 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | gerund | | assistant | | | | Thirty kids *obl* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent assistant=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | Thirty kids *not said here* | assistant | | | | once *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Teaching | one kid | | | still | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | one kid *not said here* | assistant | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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 does she mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t3:2 # text = What does she mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | she | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Repeating one person's claim doesn't make it more true ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t3:o1:1 # text = Repeating one person's claim doesn't make it more true 1 Repeating repeat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 csubj _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 amod _ _ 11 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | gerund | | one person's claim | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **make** | present · do-support | Repeating | claim | | | | true *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 3 | **claim** | | one person | | | | | | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only one kid at a time should be allowed to talk in the classroom ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t3:o2:1 # text = Only one kid at a time should be allowed to talk in the classroom 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 classroom classroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** | should · passive | | one kid at a time | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | one kid at a time *not said here* | | | the classroom | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The new girl is only one person ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t3:o3:1 # text = The new girl is only one person 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the new girl | one person | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Thirty kids are louder than one ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t3:o4:1 # text = Thirty kids are louder than one 1 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Thirty kids | | | | | one *obl*; loud *property* | tree rules | **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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