--- title: Piano teacher, dry: «All week, was it? Play me bar three.» What will… — Excuses and the lies that grow · tree and pragmatics description: Piano teacher, dry: «All week, was it? Play me bar three.» What will most likely happen? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 337 «Excuses and the lies that grow» 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/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/t3/) [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/) / [Excuses and the lies that grow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Excuses and the lies that grow Piano teacher, dry: «All week, was it? Play me bar three.» What will most likely happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** week, you · **What happens:** be, play, happen · **To what, where:** teacher, bar, me This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Piano teacher, dry: «All week, was it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t3:1 # text = Piano teacher, dry: «All week, was it? 1 Piano piano NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | all week | teacher | | | | | 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:* Play me bar three.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t3:2 # text = Play me bar three.» 1 Play play VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 bar bar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* | bar | me | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary bar=Theme | *Sentence 3:* What will most likely happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t3:3 # text = What will most likely happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | future | | | | | | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She'll believe him if he plays it really fast and loud ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t3:o1:1 # text = She'll believe him if he plays it really fast and loud 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 plays play VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 really really ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | future | She | him *= he* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **play** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | it | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She can't tell the difference ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t3:o2:1 # text = She can't tell the difference 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | She | the difference | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent difference=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} She'll give him a star anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t3:o3:1 # text = She'll give him a star anyway 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | future | She | a star | him *= he* | | | anyway *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient star=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She'll hear he hasn't practised, so owning up is best ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t3:o4:1 # text = She'll hear he hasn't practised, so owning up is best 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 practised practise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 owning own VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 csubj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | future | She | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **practise** | present · perfect | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **own up** | gerund | | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **is** | present | owning | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | **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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