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description: Teacher's email, basically: "Ben's homework: missing." Mum: "BEN." What should Mum do next time? Test 4 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 question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 4 · The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"

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Teacher's email, basically: "Ben's homework: missing." Mum: "BEN." What should Mum do next time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Teacher, Mum · **What happens:** email, do

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Teacher's email, basically: "Ben's homework: missing."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t4:1
# text = Teacher's email, basically: "Ben's homework: missing."
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	email	email	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **email** |  | Teacher |  |  |  |  |  | nom email «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Mum: "BEN."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t4:2
# text = Mum: "BEN."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	BEN	BEN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* What should Mum do next time?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t4:3
# text = What should Mum do next time?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | Mum |  |  |  | time |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Never ask about homework

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t4:o1:1
# text = Never ask about homework
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about homework | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about homework=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Ask until she gets a real answer, or check the homework book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t4:o2:1
# text = Ask until she gets a real answer, or check the homework book
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | present | she | a real answer |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus |
| 3 | **check** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the homework book |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Take silence as a yes again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t4:o3:1
# text = Take silence as a yes again
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	yes	yes	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | silence |  |  | again | as a yes | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent silence=Theme as yes=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only ask the teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t4:o4:1
# text = Only ask the teacher
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the teacher |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

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