--- title: Mum: «Paw prints with laces? Clever dog.» What is she saying? — Putting the blame on someone else · tree and pragmatics description: Mum: «Paw prints with laces? Clever dog.» What is she saying? Test 3 of lesson 344 «Putting the blame on someone else» 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/344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else/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/) / [Putting the blame on someone else](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else/) / t3 # Test 3 · Putting the blame on someone else Mum: «Paw prints with laces? Clever dog.» What is she saying? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 of lesson 344 «Putting the blame on someone else» 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/344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum: «Paw prints with laces? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t3:1 # text = Mum: «Paw prints with laces? 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 prints print NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 laces lace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Clever dog.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t3:2 # text = Clever dog.» 1 Clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* What is she saying? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t3:3 # text = What is she saying? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | dog | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} She believes his story ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t3:o1:1 # text = She believes his story 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 believes believe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present | She | his story | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} The dog wore shoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t3:o2:1 # text = The dog wore shoes 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | past | the dog | shoes | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She thinks the dog is very clever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t3:o3:1 # text = She thinks the dog is very clever 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | She | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the dog | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She knows the prints are his trainers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t3:o4:1 # text = She knows the prints are his trainers 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prints print NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 trainers trainer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | She | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | present | the prints | his trainers | | | | | 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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