--- title: my mates crying, says the team lost cos of her, it wasnt tho — White lies and kind silence · tree and pragmatics description: my mates crying, says the team lost cos of her, it wasnt tho Test 12 · ★ 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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · White lies and kind silence my mates crying, says the team lost cos of her, it wasnt tho **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mates, team · **What happens:** cry, say, lose, wasnt · **To what, where:** cos · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t12:1 # text = my mates crying, says the team lost cos of her, it wasnt tho 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 says say 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 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 cos co NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wasnt wasnt NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 tho tho PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | my mates | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **lose** | past | the team | cos of her | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent co=Eventuality | | 4 | **wasnt** | | team | | | | | | tree rules | 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} Tell her the truth kindly: it wasn't your fault ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t12:o1:1 # text = Tell her the truth kindly: it wasn't your fault 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the truth | her *= she* | | | kindly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient truth=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is a** | past | truth | your fault | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Say nothing at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t12:o2:1 # text = Say nothing at all 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 1 obj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing | | all | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Agree it was her fault ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t12:o3:1 # text = Agree it was her fault 1 Agree agree VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | her fault | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tell her to stop crying because the game doesn't matter anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t12:o4:1 # text = Tell her to stop crying because the game doesn't matter anyway 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 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 12 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | the game | | | | | anyway *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **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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