--- title: Why should you keep telling adults if the first one does not help? — Your uh-oh feeling · tree and pragmatics description: Why should you keep telling adults if the first one does not help? Test 8 · ★★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/19-uh-oh-feeling/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/) / [Your uh-oh feeling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/19-uh-oh-feeling/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Your uh-oh feeling Why should you keep telling adults if the first one does not help? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, first one · **What happens:** keep, tell, not help · **To what, where:** adults · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t8:1 # text = Why should you keep telling adults if the first one does not help? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | should | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | | adults | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **help** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | the first one | | | | | | 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} Adults like to hear a story many times ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t8:o1:1 # text = Adults like to hear a story many times 1 Adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | Adults | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **hear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Adults *not said here* | a story | | | time | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} You deserve to be helped and kept safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t8:o2:1 # text = You deserve to be helped and kept safe 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deserve** | present | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **help** | to-infinitive · passive | You *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme» | | 3 | **keep** | participle | You *not said here* | | | | | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} There is a rule that you must tell three people ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t8:o3:1 # text = There is a rule that you must tell three people 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a rule | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | must | you | a rule | three people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient that=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} The first adult is always the wrong one ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t8:o4:1 # text = The first adult is always the wrong one 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the first adult | the wrong one | | | | always *property* | tree rules | **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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