--- title: Teammate, quiet: «I didn't miss it on purpose, you know». What would… — Putting the blame on someone else · tree and pragmatics description: Teammate, quiet: «I didn't miss it on purpose, you know». What would put it right? Test 8 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/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/) / [Putting the blame on someone else](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else/) / t8 # Test 8 · Putting the blame on someone else Teammate, quiet: «I didn't miss it on purpose, you know». What would put it right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, you · **What happens:** not miss, know, put · **To what, where:** Teammate, purpose This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Teammate, quiet: «I didn't miss it on purpose, you know». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t8:1 # text = Teammate, quiet: «I didn't miss it on purpose, you know». 1 Teammate teammate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **miss** *in a quote* | past · do-support | I | Teammate | | purpose | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «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 would put it right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t8:2 # text = What would put it right? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 right right ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | would | | Teammate | | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent what=Asset it=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Say «yeah you did, everyone saw it, mate» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t8:o1:1 # text = Say «yeah you did, everyone saw it, mate» 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **do** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | past | everyone | it | | | | mate *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Tell the coach the truth and say sorry ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t8:o2:1 # text = Tell the coach the truth and say sorry 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the coach | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent coach=Recipient truth=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ignore him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t8:o3:1 # text = Ignore him 1 Ignore ignore VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Say the ref was to blame ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t8:o4:1 # text = Say the ref was to blame 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ref ref NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 blame blame VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | 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 how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | the ref | | | | | blame *property* | 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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