--- title: did u hear Jake's mate lied to cover for him when he broke the windo… — Covering up, false alarms and playing… · tree and pragmatics description: did u hear Jake's mate lied to cover for him when he broke the window and now "both are suspended for like a month". lesson? Test 17 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play/t17/) [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/) / [Covering up, false alarms and playing…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play/) / t17 # Test 17 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair did u hear Jake's mate lied to cover for him when he broke the window and now "both are suspended for like a month". lesson? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, mate · **What happens:** hear, lie, cover, break, suspend · **To what, where:** lesson, window, both · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t17:1 # text = did u hear Jake's mate lied to cover for him when he broke the window and now "both are suspended for like a month". lesson? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lied lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 suspended suspend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 29 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | lesson | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **lie** | past | Jake's mate | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cover** | to-infinitive | Jake's mate *not said here* | | | | | for mate | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **break** | past | mate | the window | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Patient | | 5 | **suspend** *in a quote* | present · passive | | both | | | now; month | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} Lying is fine if you don't get caught ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t17:o1:1 # text = Lying is fine if you don't get caught 1 Lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **catch** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive · do-support | | you | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only cover up for your best friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t17:o2:1 # text = Only cover up for your best friend 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 cover cover VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for your best friend | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Covering up for a friend drags you into the trouble too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t17:o3:1 # text = Covering up for a friend drags you into the trouble too 1 Covering cover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 csubj _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 drags drag VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover up** | gerund | | | | | | for a friend | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **drag** | present | Covering | you | | the trouble | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Good friends always lie for each other ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t17:o4:1 # text = Good friends always lie for each other 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 4 obl _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 fixed _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | present | Good friends | | | | | for each; always *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «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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