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title: A boy in Dublin gets socks he finds boring from his uncle. Which rep… — White lies and kind silence · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Dublin gets socks he finds boring from his uncle. Which reply is both honest and kind? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» 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 1 · ★ · White lies and kind silence

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A boy in Dublin gets socks he finds boring from his uncle. Which reply is both honest and kind?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, reply · **What happens:** get, find, be · **To what, where:** socks

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» 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/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Dublin gets socks he finds boring from his uncle.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t1:1
# text = A boy in Dublin gets socks he finds boring from his uncle.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | a boy in Dublin | socks |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sock=Stimulus |
| 2 | **find** | present | boy |  |  |  |  | from boy's uncle; boring *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from uncle=Source |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which reply is both honest and kind?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t1:2
# text = Which reply is both honest and kind?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc:preconj	_	_
5	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which reply |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | which reply *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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«Thanks, it was really kind of you to think of me»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t1:o1:1
# text = «Thanks, it was really kind of you to think of me»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Thanks | kind |  |  |  | of you | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of me | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Socks aren't a real present»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t1:o2:1
# text = «Socks aren't a real present»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Socks | a real present |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«I already have far too many socks, so you can keep these»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t1:o3:1
# text = «I already have far too many socks, so you can keep these»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	already	already	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
14	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | I | many socks |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** *in a quote* | can | you | these |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«These are the coolest socks ever made»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t1:o4:1
# text = «These are the coolest socks ever made»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	These	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	coolest	cool	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | These | the coolest socks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | participle · passive |  | the coolest socks |  |  | ever |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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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