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description: Kid at the back: "So I'm in jail for a drawing I didn't draw? This is giving group punishment, Miss." What is he objecting to? Test 1 of lesson 168 «The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 1 · The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"

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Kid at the back: "So I'm in jail for a drawing I didn't draw? This is giving group punishment, Miss." What is he objecting to?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, This, he · **What happens:** be, not draw, give, object · **To what, where:** jail, drawing, giving group punishment

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This is test 1 of lesson 168 «The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"» 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/168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kid at the back: "So I'm in jail for a drawing I didn't draw?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t1:1
# text = Kid at the back: "So I'm in jail for a drawing I didn't draw?
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	So	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	jail	jail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  | jail |  | for a drawing | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **draw** *in a quote* | past · do-support | I | a drawing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drawing=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.

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*Sentence 2:* This is giving group punishment, Miss."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t1:2
# text = This is giving group punishment, Miss."
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
4	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | This | giving group punishment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What is he objecting to?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t1:3
# text = What is he objecting to?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	objecting	object	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **object** *speech: other* | present · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The teacher leaving the room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t1:o1:1
# text = The teacher leaving the room
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund | the teacher *not said here* | the room |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Having break at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t1:o2:1
# text = Having break at all
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  | break |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent break=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Being punished for something someone else did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t1:o3:1
# text = Being punished for something someone else did
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
6	else	else	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | for something | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: for something=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Not being allowed to draw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t1:o4:1
# text = Not being allowed to draw
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **draw** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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