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title: told my teacher, she didn't help — Your uh-oh feeling · tree and pragmatics
description: told my teacher, she didn't help Test 13 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Your uh-oh feeling» 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 right.
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# Test 13 · ★★ · Your uh-oh feeling

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told my teacher, she didn't help

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher · **What happens:** tell, not help · **To what, where:** teacher · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Your uh-oh feeling» 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/19-uh-oh-feeling/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t13:1
# text = told my teacher, she didn't help
1	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past |  |  | my teacher |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **help** | past · do-support | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Keep telling other trusted adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t13:o1:1
# text = Keep telling other trusted adults
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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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 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* |  | other trusted adults |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 3 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keep it to yourself now, grown-ups don't care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t13:o2:1
# text = Keep it to yourself now, grown-ups don't care
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obl	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | yourself |  | now |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | grown ups |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stop telling anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t13:o3:1
# text = Stop telling anyone
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* |  | anyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sort it out on your own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t13:o4:1
# text = Sort it out on your own
1	Sort	sort	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort out** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | your own |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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