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title: i broke the tv remote n mum asked, said it was jake — Growing up, honesty and manners · tree and pragmatics
description: i broke the tv remote n mum asked, said it was jake Test 10 · ★ of lesson 104 «Growing up, honesty and manners» 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 10 · ★ · Growing up, honesty and manners

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i broke the tv remote n mum asked, said it was jake

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i, mum, remote · **What happens:** break, ask, say, be · **To what, where:** tv remote, jake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 104 «Growing up, honesty and manners» 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/104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners:t10:1
# text = i broke the tv remote n mum asked, said it was jake
1	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tv	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	remote	remote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	n	n	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	jake	jake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | i | the tv remote |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer remote=Patient |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | n's mum | the tv remote *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent remote=Recipient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | past | remote | jake |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Keep blaming Jake, it worked last time so it'll work now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners:t10:o1:1
# text = Keep blaming Jake, it worked last time so it'll work now
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	blaming	blame	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
13	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **blame** | gerund | you *not said here* | Jake |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jake=Theme |
| 3 | **work** | past | it |  |  |  | time |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **work** | future | it |  |  |  | now |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Say the dog did it instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners:t10:o2:1
# text = Say the dog did it instead
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past | the dog | it |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Say it was already broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners:t10:o3:1
# text = Say it was already broken
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **break** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

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Tell the truth, lies make trust hard to rebuild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners:t10:o4:1
# text = Tell the truth, lies make trust hard to rebuild
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	rebuild	rebuild	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the truth |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |
| 2 | **make** | present | lies | trust |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trust=Product |
| 3 | **rebuild** | to-infinitive | trust *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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