--- title: Next morning Max is still sulking. What helps most? — Copying and peeking in tests · tree and pragmatics description: Next morning Max is still sulking. What helps most? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 340 «Copying and peeking in tests» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/t8/) [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/) / [Copying and peeking in tests](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Copying and peeking in tests Next morning Max is still sulking. What helps most? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Max · **What happens:** sulk, help This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 340 «Copying and peeking in tests» 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/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Next morning Max is still sulking. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t8:1 # text = Next morning Max is still sulking. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 sulking sulk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sulk** | present · progressive | Max | | | | still; morning | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 helps most? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t8:2 # text = What helps most? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Breaking the project ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t8:o1:1 # text = Breaking the project 1 Breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 project project NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | gerund | | the project | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer project=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Saying sorry and making his own project ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t8:o2:1 # text = Saying sorry and making his own project 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 project project NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | sorry | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | | 2 | **make** | gerund | | his own project | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset project=Product | | 3 | **project** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Not speaking to Mum for a week ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t8:o3:1 # text = Not speaking to Mum for a week 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | week | to Mum | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mum=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Asking Dad to give the console back secretly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t8:o4:1 # text = Asking Dad to give the console back secretly 1 Asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 console console NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | Dad | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **give back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the console | | | | secretly *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent console=Theme | **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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