--- title: Why does saying «green hoodie, white shoes» to yourself help? — Remembering details · tree and pragmatics description: Why does saying «green hoodie, white shoes» to yourself help? Test 8 of lesson 18 «Remembering details» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/18-remembering-details/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Remembering details](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/18-remembering-details/) / t8 # Test 8 · Remembering details Why does saying «green hoodie, white shoes» to yourself help? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** say, help · **To what, where:** green hoodie, yourself · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 of lesson 18 «Remembering details» 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/18-remembering-details/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:t8:1 # text = Why does saying «green hoodie, white shoes» to yourself help? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hoodie hoodie NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ 13 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | | green hoodie and white shoes | yourself | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hoodie=Topic to yourself=Recipient | | 2 | **help** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | 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} Saying it out loud makes the person stop and wait ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:t8:o1:1 # text = Saying it out loud makes the person stop and wait 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 csubj _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 loud loud ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say out** *speech: assert* | gerund | | it | | | | loud *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **make** | present | Saying | the person | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stop** | infinitive | the person *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **wait** | infinitive | the person *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It changes what the person wears ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:t8:o2:1 # text = It changes what the person wears 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wear** | present | the person | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Words make the picture easier to remember ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:t8:o3:1 # text = Words make the picture easier to remember 1 Words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Words | the picture | | | | easy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset picture=Product | | 2 | **remember** | to-infinitive | the picture *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It warns everybody nearby ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:t8:o4:1 # text = It warns everybody nearby 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 warns warn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 obj _ _ 4 nearby nearby ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | It | | everybody | | | nearby *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everybody=Recipient | **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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