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title: Noah: «I already confessed nicking stuff once, so this time doesn't… — Borrowing without asking · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah: «I already confessed nicking stuff once, so this time doesn't count». What is wrong with that? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 339 «Borrowing without asking» 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 wro
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Borrowing without asking

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Noah: «I already confessed nicking stuff once, so this time doesn't count». What is wrong with that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Noah, time · **What happens:** confess, nick, not count, be · **To what, where:** stuff

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 339 «Borrowing without asking» 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/339-borrowing-without-asking/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah: «I already confessed nicking stuff once, so this time doesn't count».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:339-borrowing-without-asking:t4:1
# text = Noah: «I already confessed nicking stuff once, so this time doesn't count».
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	already	already	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	confessed	confess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	nicking	nick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confess** *in a quote* | past | Noah |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **nick** *in a quote* | gerund | Noah *not said here* | stuff |  |  |  | once *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **count** *in a quote* | present · do-support | this time |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 wrong with that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:339-borrowing-without-asking:t4:2
# text = What is wrong with that?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with that; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It only counts if he gets caught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:339-borrowing-without-asking:t4:o1:1
# text = It only counts if he gets caught
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **catch** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, one confession covers all the wrongs that come after

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:339-borrowing-without-asking:t4:o2:1
# text = Nothing, one confession covers all the wrongs that come after
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	covers	cover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wrongs	wrong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	after	after	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present | Nothing | all wrongs |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wrong=Destination |
| 2 | **come** | present | all wrongs |  |  |  |  | after *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He should never confess twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:339-borrowing-without-asking:t4:o3:1
# text = He should never confess twice
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	confess	confess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **confess** | should | He |  |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Each new wrong needs owning up and putting right too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:339-borrowing-without-asking:t4:o4:1
# text = Each new wrong needs owning up and putting right too
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	needs	need	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	owning	own	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	putting	put	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	conj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | gerund | each new wrong needs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **put** | gerund | each new wrong needs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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