--- title: Teacher, cross: «Nobody gets stickers till the person who took them… — Sweets, change and a friend's toy · tree and pragmatics description: Teacher, cross: «Nobody gets stickers till the person who took them owns up.» What is the fair thing for the taker? 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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/338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Teacher, cross: «Nobody gets stickers till the person who took them owns up.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t8:1 # text = Teacher, cross: «Nobody gets stickers till the person who took them owns up.» 1 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 7 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 stickers sticker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 owns own VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present | Nobody | stickers | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sticker=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | past | the person | stickers *= sticker* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **own up** *in a quote* | present | the person | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | 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 fair thing for the taker? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t8:2 # text = What is the fair thing for the taker? 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 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 taker taker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the fair thing for the taker | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Hide them better next time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t8:o1:1 # text = Hide them better next time 1 Hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 4 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | time | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Blame the class helper for it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t8:o2:1 # text = Blame the class helper for it 1 Blame blame VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 helper helper NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | the class helper | | | | for helper | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent helper=Theme for it=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wait for someone else to own up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t8:o3:1 # text = Wait for someone else to own up 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 1 obl _ _ 4 else else ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 own own VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for someone | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **own up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Own up and put them back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t8:o4:1 # text = Own up and put them back 1 Own own VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **own up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **put back** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | **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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