--- title: Mum's text: «Tom's mum says you weren't there. where were you. home… — Excuses and the lies that grow · tree and pragmatics description: Mum's text: «Tom's mum says you weren't there. where were you. home NOW». What is the best thing to do? 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What is the best thing to do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** text, you, best thing · **What happens:** say, not be, be, do · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 337 «Excuses and the lies that grow» 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/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum's text: «Tom's mum says you weren't there. where were you. home NOW». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t2:1 # text = Mum's text: «Tom's mum says you weren't there. where were you. home NOW». 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 conj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 19 home home ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 20 NOW now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Mum's text | | | | now | home *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | | you | | | | | 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:* What is the best thing to do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t2:2 # text = What is the best thing to do? 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 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the best thing | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the best thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Stay out longer, she'll calm down after an hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t2:o1:1 # text = Stay out longer, she'll calm down after an hour 1 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 calm calm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | long, out *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **calm down** | future | she | | | | hour | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Say Tom's mum is confused ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t2:o2:1 # text = Say Tom's mum is confused 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 confused confused ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | 2 | **is** | present | Tom's mum | | | | | confused *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Switch the phone off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t2:o3:1 # text = Switch the phone off 1 Switch switch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **switch off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the phone | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Go home at once and tell the truth about the park ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t2:o4:1 # text = Go home at once and tell the truth about the park 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the truth | | | | about the park | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient about park=Topic | **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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