--- title: Which is TRUE about telling about an accident at once? — Accidents told too late · tree and pragmatics description: Which is TRUE about telling about an accident at once? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 343 «Accidents told too late» 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/343-accidents-told-too-late/t10/) [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/) / [Accidents told too late](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Accidents told too late Which is TRUE about telling about an accident at once? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, tell · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 343 «Accidents told too late» 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/343-accidents-told-too-late/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t10:1 # text = Which is TRUE about telling about an accident at once? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 TRUE true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | about a accident | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent about accident=Topic | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It often stops it getting worse and is easier to forgive ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t10:o1:1 # text = It often stops it getting worse and is easier to forgive 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 often often ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 6 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | It | it | | | | often *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | gerund | | | | | | bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **forgive** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It never makes a difference ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t10:o2:1 # text = It never makes a difference 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make** | present | It | a difference | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material difference=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is only for big accidents ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t10:o3:1 # text = It is only for big accidents 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 accidents accident NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | for big accidents | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It always gets you a bigger punishment than hiding it would ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t10:o4:1 # text = It always gets you a bigger punishment than hiding it would 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 than than SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 hiding hide VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | It | you | | | | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 2 | **hide** | gerund | a bigger punishment *not said here* | punishment | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | **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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