--- title: The teacher: "Maybe Ella should recycle at home too. But is her idea… — Check the claim, not the person · tree and pragmatics description: The teacher: "Maybe Ella should recycle at home too. But is her idea for school good or not?" What is the teacher separating? 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What is the teacher separating? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ella, teacher · **What happens:** recycle, be, separate · **To what, where:** home, idea This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The teacher: "Maybe Ella should recycle at home too. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t2:1 # text = The teacher: "Maybe Ella should recycle at home too. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 Ella Ella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 recycle recycle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recycle** *in a quote* | should | Ella | | | home | | maybe *property* | tree rules | 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:* But is her idea for school good or not?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t2:2 # text = But is her idea for school good or not?" 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nmod _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Ella's idea | | | | for school good | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What is the teacher separating? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t2:3 # text = What is the teacher separating? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 separating separate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **separate** | present · progressive | the teacher | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Ella from Kai, so they stop arguing ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t2:o1:1 # text = Ella from Kai, so they stop arguing 1 Ella Ella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 8 arguing argue VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | they | Ella from Kai *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The person's habits from the idea ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t2:o2:1 # text = The person's habits from the idea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 habits habit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Paper from plastic in the recycling ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t2:o3:1 # text = Paper from plastic in the recycling 1 Paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 recycling recycling NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Home rubbish from school rubbish bins ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t2:o4:1 # text = Home rubbish from school rubbish bins 1 Home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 bins bin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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