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title: mate wants me to say he was with me yesterday, he wasnt — Covering up, false alarms and playing… · tree and pragmatics
description: mate wants me to say he was with me yesterday, he wasnt Test 14 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» 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.
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# Test 14 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair

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mate wants me to say he was with me yesterday, he wasnt

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, me · **What happens:** want, say, be, wasnt · **To what, where:** me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» 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/277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t14:1
# text = mate wants me to say he was with me yesterday, he wasnt
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	ccomp	_	_
10	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	wasnt	wasnt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | mate | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | me *not said here* |  |  |  | yesterday |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | mate |  |  |  |  | with me | tree rules |
| 4 | **wasnt** |  | mate |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Say yes if he gives you sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t14:o1:1
# text = Say yes if he gives you sweets
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	1	obj	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |
| 2 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | sweets | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient sweet=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Say no kindly, lying can let harm go on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t14:o2:1
# text = Say no kindly, lying can let harm go on
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	1	discourse	_	_
3	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
8	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | kindly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **let** | can | lying | harm |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go on** | infinitive | harm *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Say yes but cross your fingers behind your back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t14:o3:1
# text = Say yes but cross your fingers behind your back
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	1	obj	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	cross	cross	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |
| 2 | **cross** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your fingers |  | your back |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Say yes, that's what friends do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t14:o4:1
# text = Say yes, that's what friends do
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	1	ccomp	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | present | friends |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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