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title: After an honest confession, Matthew feels light. His sister asks «so… — Giggles, skipping and the collection p… · tree and pragmatics
description: After an honest confession, Matthew feels light. His sister asks «so you can keep the coin now?». Best answer? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 10 · ★ · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate

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After an honest confession, Matthew feels light. His sister asks «so you can keep the coin now?». Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Matthew, sister, you · **What happens:** feel, ask, keep · **To what, where:** coin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* After an honest confession, Matthew feels light.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t10:1
# text = After an honest confession, Matthew feels light.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Matthew	Matthew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | Matthew |  |  |  | after a honest confession | light *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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:* His sister asks «so you can keep the coin now?».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t10:2
# text = His sister asks «so you can keep the coin now?».
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Matthew's sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** *in a quote* | can | you | the coin |  |  | now |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t10:3
# text = Best answer?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	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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Only if it's small

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t10:o1:1
# text = Only if it's small
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |

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

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No, I still give it back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t10:o2:1
# text = No, I still give it back
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give back** | present | I | it |  |  | still |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, I'm forgiven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, I'm forgiven
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	forgiven	forgive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | present · passive |  | I |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, God doesn't mind coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, God doesn't mind coins
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	mind	mind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mind** | present · do-support | God | coins |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |

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