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title: Sister: «I'm tellin Mum u never brushed, the brush is bone dry». Wha… — Little lies at home · tree and pragmatics
description: Sister: «I'm tellin Mum u never brushed, the brush is bone dry». What is the honest next step? Test 5 of lesson 336 «Little lies at home» 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.
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# Test 5 · Little lies at home

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Sister: «I'm tellin Mum u never brushed, the brush is bone dry». What is the honest next step?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, u, brush, honest next step · **What happens:** be, not brush · **To what, where:** tellin Mum, bone

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This is test 5 of lesson 336 «Little lies at home» 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/336-little-lies-at-home/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sister: «I'm tellin Mum u never brushed, the brush is bone dry».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t5:1
# text = Sister: «I'm tellin Mum u never brushed, the brush is bone dry».
1	Sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	tellin	tellin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	brushed	brush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
16	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | tellin Mum and bone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **brush** *in a quote* | past | u | tellin Mum and bone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent mum=Destination |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the brush | bone |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the honest next step?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t5:2
# text = What is the honest next step?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the honest next step |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Say the brush dries fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t5:o1:1
# text = Say the brush dries fast
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dries	dry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **dry** | present | the brush |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Go and brush them and tell Gran the truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t5:o2:1
# text = Go and brush them and tell Gran the truth
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	brush	brush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **brush** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the truth | Gran |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent gran=Recipient truth=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Say the sister is lying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t5:o3:1
# text = Say the sister is lying
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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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 that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lie** | present · progressive | the sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wet the brush quickly under the tap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t5:o4:1
# text = Wet the brush quickly under the tap
1	Wet	wet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wet** | imperative | you *not said here* | the brush |  | the tap |  | quickly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brush=Patient |

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