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title: Mum texts at 9pm: «Did you feed Biscuit??» You forgot. Best reply? — Promises to family · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum texts at 9pm: «Did you feed Biscuit??» You forgot. Best reply? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 358 «Promises to family» 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 2 · ★ · Promises to family

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Mum texts at 9pm: «Did you feed Biscuit??» You forgot. Best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** feed, forget · **To what, where:** Biscuit

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 358 «Promises to family» 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/358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum texts at 9pm: «Did you feed Biscuit??»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t2:1
# text = Mum texts at 9pm: «Did you feed Biscuit??»
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	appos	_	_
11	Biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | Biscuit |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent biscuit=Theme |

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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:* You forgot.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t2:2
# text = You forgot.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | You |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t2:3
# text = Best reply?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«Yes» and then feed him later when you remember

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t2:o1:1
# text = «Yes» and then feed him later when you remember
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	feed	feed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	remember	remember	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  | then | late *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **remember** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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«No, sorry! Doing it now»

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*Sentence 1:* «No, sorry!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t2:o2:1
# text = «No, sorry!
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Doing it now»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t2:o2:2
# text = Doing it now»
1	Doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | gerund |  | it |  |  | now |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«He's fine, he's fat»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t2:o3:1
# text = «He's fine, he's fat»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | He |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | he |  |  |  |  | fat *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Don't reply

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t2:o4:1
# text = Don't reply
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	reply	reply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **reply** *speech: assert* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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