pupil

«pupil» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a child who goes to school and learns from a teacher — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (pupil, pupils)

meaning for a pupil

1) A pupil is a child who goes to school and learns from a teacher. tree →

2) A pupil is anyone who learns from a teacher, like a piano pupil. tree →

3) The pupil of the eye is the black circle in the middle that lets light in. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: things counted: pupils in a class, a school or on a bus; often shared into groups or rows; «each pupil» marks a rate. In school: «pupil» is common in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand; Americans usually say «student». In science: the pupil gets smaller in bright light and bigger in the dark.

examples

• Ginsburg asserts that the system of vowel polluting was invented by a Rabbi Mocha in Palestine about a.d. 570, who designed it to assist his pupils. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• There are 28 pupils in the class. tree →
• Each pupil gets 3 pencils. tree →
• The school has 4 classes with 25 pupils in each. tree →
• 6 pupils were absent, how many came? tree →
• The pupils lined up for assembly. tree →
• The piano teacher has ten pupils. tree →
• Your pupils get smaller in bright light. tree →
• Shine a torch near your eye and watch the pupil shrink. tree →
• Every pupil wears a school uniform. tree →
• But the King's son said, "Master first, and pupil after." tree →

note

Pupils are people counted; «each pupil» marks a rate per pupil, so the total is often multiplied. Trap: the pupil of the eye is another meaning; it does not appear in counting problems, but it does in science. Pupils absent + pupils present = all the pupils. Safety: never look straight at the Sun.

In the corpora

• Accounts that post gossip about real pupils should not be followed or shared; they should be reported.
• Teachers know how their pupils usually write, so a sudden fancy style stands out.
• Many schools now have rules for AI; written work usually must be the pupil's own.
• AI "detectors" exist, but they make mistakes and can wrongly accuse honest pupils.
• Teachers can often tell when work is not a pupil's own, by style, knowledge and mistakes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pupil» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.