--- title: Sister, crying: «I DIDN'T eat it!» Mum believes her. The brother did… — Putting the blame on someone else · tree and pragmatics description: Sister, crying: «I DIDN'T eat it!» Mum believes her. The brother did. What fixes it? Test 6 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 wrong. --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · Putting the blame on someone else Sister, crying: «I DIDN'T eat it!» Mum believes her. The brother did. What fixes it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Mum, brother · **What happens:** cry, not eat, believe, do, fix · **To what, where:** it, her · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sister, crying: «I DIDN'T eat it!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t6:1 # text = Sister, crying: «I DIDN'T eat it!» 1 Sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 DID did AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 N'T not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **eat** *in a quote* | | I | it | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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:* Mum believes her. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t6:2 # text = Mum believes her. 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 believes believe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present | Mum | her *= she* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | *Sentence 3:* The brother did. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t6:3 # text = The brother did. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the brother | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 4:* What fixes it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t6:4 # text = What fixes it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fixes fix VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | present | | it | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Say Mum ate it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t6:o1:1 # text = Say Mum ate it 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **eat** | past | Mum | it | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Say sorry and give her his share in the morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t6:o2:1 # text = Say sorry and give her his share in the morning 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his share | her *= she* | | morning | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient share=Theme | | 3 | **share** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Blame the dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t6:o3:1 # text = Blame the dog 1 Blame blame VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | the dog | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tell her to stop being such a baby about it, it's only cereal ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t6:o4:1 # text = Tell her to stop being such a baby about it, it's only cereal 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 6 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 8 det:predet _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 only only ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 cereal cereal NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** | gerund | | such baby | | | | about baby | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | baby | cereal | | | | | 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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