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title: Noah's mum is ill in bed. Which is the best way for Noah to help? — Gratitude, helping at home and privacy · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah's mum is ill in bed. Which is the best way for Noah to help? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 102 «Gratitude, helping at home and privacy» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Gratitude, helping at home and privacy

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Noah's mum is ill in bed. Which is the best way for Noah to help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** be, help · **To what, where:** bed, best way

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 102 «Gratitude, helping at home and privacy» of the everyday 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/everyday/102-gratitude-helping-at-home-privacy/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah's mum is ill in bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:102-gratitude-helping-at-home-privacy:t3:1
# text = Noah's mum is ill in bed.
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Noah's mum |  |  | bed |  | ill *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Which is the best way for Noah to help?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:102-gratitude-helping-at-home-privacy:t3:2
# text = Which is the best way for Noah to help?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the best way |  |  |  | for Noah | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Play loud music to cheer her up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:102-gratitude-helping-at-home-privacy:t3:o1:1
# text = Play loud music to cheer her up
1	Play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	cheer	cheer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* | loud music |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme |
| 2 | **cheer up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Ask his mum for a lift to a friend's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:102-gratitude-helping-at-home-privacy:t3:o2:1
# text = Ask his mum for a lift to a friend's
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
```

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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* |  | his mum |  |  | for a lift; to a friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Leave all his toys on the stairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:102-gratitude-helping-at-home-privacy:t3:o3:1
# text = Leave all his toys on the stairs
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | his toys |  | the stairs |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toy=Theme on stair=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Do a small job like setting the table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:102-gratitude-helping-at-home-privacy:t3:o4:1
# text = Do a small job like setting the table
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	setting	set	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | a small job |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
| 2 | **set** | gerund | you *not said here* | the table |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient table=Result |

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