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title: A teacher in Delhi: "Pictures left or right? Do the needful, childre… — Check the claim, not the person · tree and pragmatics
description: A teacher in Delhi: "Pictures left or right? Do the needful, children, not the friend list." What should decide? Test 12 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» of the world 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 12 · Check the claim, not the person

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A teacher in Delhi: "Pictures left or right? Do the needful, children, not the friend list." What should decide?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** leave, do, decide · **To what, where:** Pictures, needful

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This is test 12 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» 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/188-check-the-claim-not-the-person/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A teacher in Delhi: "Pictures left or right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t12:1
# text = A teacher in Delhi: "Pictures left or right?
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Delhi	Delhi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** *in a quote* | participle |  | Pictures *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* Do the needful, children, not the friend list."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t12:2
# text = Do the needful, children, not the friend list."
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	needful	needful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | the needful and children and the friend list |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality |

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*Sentence 3:* What should decide?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t12:3
# text = What should decide?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	decide	decide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | should |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Who has known whom the longest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t12:o1:1
# text = Who has known whom the longest
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Who is friends with whom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t12:o2:1
# text = Who is friends with whom
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | friends |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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What makes the project better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t12:o3:1
# text = What makes the project better
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present |  | the project |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material project=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Who sits nearest the teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t12:o4:1
# text = Who sits nearest the teacher
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	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 | **sit** | present |  | the nearest teacher |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location teacher=Theme |

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