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title: Dad, eyes in the mirror: «I saw who pushed first». What is the wise… — When someone else takes your punishment · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad, eyes in the mirror: «I saw who pushed first». What is the wise reply? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 345 «When someone else takes your punishment» 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.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · When someone else takes your punishment

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Dad, eyes in the mirror: «I saw who pushed first». What is the wise reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, wise reply · **What happens:** see, push, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 345 «When someone else takes your punishment» 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/345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, eyes in the mirror: «I saw who pushed first».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t6:1
# text = Dad, eyes in the mirror: «I saw who pushed first».
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Dad and eyes in the mirror |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **push** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the wise reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t6:2
# text = What is the wise reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wise reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«He pushed me first, in my head anyway»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t6:o1:1
# text = «He pushed me first, in my head anyway»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** *in a quote* | past | He | me |  | my head |  | anyway, first *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent i=Theme in head=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«The car bumped»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t6:o2:1
# text = «The car bumped»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bumped	bump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bump** *in a quote* | past | the car |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«It was me. Sorry» to Dad and his brother

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*Sentence 1:* «It was me.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t6:o3:1
# text = «It was me.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | It | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* Sorry» to Dad and his brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t6:o3:2
# text = Sorry» to Dad and his brother
1	Sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«You weren't looking»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t6:o4:1
# text = «You weren't looking»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **look** *in a quote* | past · progressive | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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