--- title: gonna say tom took my pen so i don't get told off — Lies that do real harm · tree and pragmatics description: gonna say tom took my pen so i don't get told off Test 13 · ★ of lesson 197 «Lies that do real harm» 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/197-harmful-lies/t13/) [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/) / [Lies that do real harm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/197-harmful-lies/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Lies that do real harm gonna say tom took my pen so i don't get told off **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, tom · **What happens:** say, take, not tell off · **To what, where:** pen, i · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 197 «Lies that do real harm» 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/197-harmful-lies/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t13:1 # text = gonna say tom took my pen so i don't get told off 1 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 2 dep _ _ 2 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 tom tom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 pen pen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 8 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** | past | tom | my pen | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=Theme | | 3 | **not** **tell off** *speech: assert* | present · passive · do-support | | i | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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 {#o1} Blame the teacher ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t13:o1:1 # text = Blame the teacher 1 Blame blame VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | the teacher | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Say it, it saves you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t13:o2:1 # text = Say it, it saves you 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saves save VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **save** | present | it | you | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Don't, he'd be punished for nothing, tell the truth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t13:o3:1 # text = Don't, he'd be punished for nothing, tell the truth 1 Do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **punish** | would · passive | | he | | | | for nothing | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for nothing=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the truth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Blame everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t13:o4:1 # text = Blame everyone 1 Blame blame NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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