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title: kids say a teen dropped her hair dryer in the bath n it was "cos she… — Saving energy, pets at home and the ba… · tree and pragmatics
description: kids say a teen dropped her hair dryer in the bath n it was "cos she's dumb". pass it on? Test 18 of lesson 118 «Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom» 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 wa
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# Test 18 · Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
kids say a teen dropped her hair dryer in the bath n it was "cos she's dumb". pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kids, teen, dryer · **What happens:** say, drop, be, pass on · **To what, where:** hair dryer, bath, dryer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 of lesson 118 «Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom» 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/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t18:1
# text = kids say a teen dropped her hair dryer in the bath n it was "cos she's dumb". pass it on?
1	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teen	teen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	dryer	dryer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	n	n	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
22	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	on	on	ADP	RP	_	22	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **drop** | past | a teen | teen's hair dryer |  | the bath |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | dryer |  |  |  |  | dumb *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **pass on** | infinitive |  | dryer |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it is a funny story to share

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t18:o1:1
# text = Yes, it is a funny story to share
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a funny story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it is cruel; the lesson is no plugged-in things near water

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t18:o2:1
# text = No, it is cruel; the lesson is no plugged-in things near water
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
11	plugged	plug	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
15	near	near	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | cruel *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **plug** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  | no cruel plugged things |  | near water | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only to the people at school who already know who she is

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t18:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only to the people at school who already know who she is
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	already	already	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	ccomp	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | the people |  |  | school |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | she | the people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, as a warning that she is clumsy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t18:o4:1
# text = Yes, as a warning that she is clumsy
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | she | a warning *not said here* |  |  |  | clumsy *property* | tree rules |

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