--- title: mate's drawing is meh and she's gonna enter it in the contest — White lies and kind silence · tree and pragmatics description: mate's drawing is meh and she's gonna enter it in the contest Test 11 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t11/) [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/) / [White lies and kind silence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · White lies and kind silence mate's drawing is meh and she's gonna enter it in the contest **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** drawing, she, mate · **What happens:** be, draw · **To what, where:** contest This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t11:1 # text = mate's drawing is meh and she's gonna enter it in the contest 1 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 drawing drawing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 meh meh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 gonna gonna PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 contest contest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | mate's drawing | | | | | meh *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | the contest | | enter *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **draw** | | mate | | | | | | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Give honest, gentle tips to help her improve ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t11:o1:1 # text = Give honest, gentle tips to help her improve 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 tips tip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 improve improve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | honest gentle tips | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tip=Theme | | 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 3 | **improve** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tell her it's terrible ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t11:o2:1 # text = Tell her it's terrible 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | terrible *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tell her it's perfect so she feels good when she enters it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t11:o3:1 # text = Tell her it's perfect so she feels good when she enters it 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 enters enter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | perfect *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | present | she | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **enter** | present | she | it | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Say nothing and laugh ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t11:o4:1 # text = Say nothing and laugh 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 2 | **laugh** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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