--- title: Your friend's dog ran away while you were walking it together, and s… — White lies and kind silence · tree and pragmatics description: Your friend's dog ran away while you were walking it together, and she asks if it was her fault. It was not. Why should you say so? 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Why should you say so? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog, you, friend · **What happens:** run away, walk, ask, be, not be, say · **To what, where:** dog, fault · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your friend's dog ran away while you were walking it together, and she asks if it was her fault. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t5:1 # text = Your friend's dog ran away while you were walking it together, and she asks if it was her fault. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 together together ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | past | Your friend's dog | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | past · progressive | you | dog | | | | together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | friend | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | dog | friend's fault | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* It was not. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t5:2 # text = It was not. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **be** | past | dog | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* Why should you say so? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t5:3 # text = Why should you say so? 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 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Because you should always blame yourself ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t5:o1:1 # text = Because you should always blame yourself 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 blame blame VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | should | you | yourself | | | | always *property* | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Because she will never ask again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t5:o2:1 # text = Because she will never ask again 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | future | she | | | | again | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because the truth never matters to friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t5:o3:1 # text = Because the truth never matters to friends 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present | the truth | | | | | to friends | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to friend=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A comforting truth helps her and is honest ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t5:o4:1 # text = A comforting truth helps her and is honest 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 comforting comforting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | a comforting truth | | her *= she* | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 2 | **is** | present | a comforting truth *not said here* | | | | | honest *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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