--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately distinguishes «tel… — Getting help is not telling tales · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately distinguishes «telling tales» from «seeking assistance»? Exam question 1 of lesson 369 «Getting help is not telling tales» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales/e1/) [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/) / [Getting help is not telling tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Getting help is not telling tales Which of the following statements most accurately distinguishes «telling tales» from «seeking assistance»? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** telling tales · **What happens:** follow, distinguish, tell, seek · **To what, where:** telling tales, assistance · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 369 «Getting help is not telling tales» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately distinguishes «telling tales» from «seeking assistance»? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 distinguishes distinguish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 amod _ _ 11 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 from from SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 « « PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 seeking seek VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 16 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **distinguish** | present | | telling tales | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute tale=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **seek** *in a quote* | gerund | telling tales *not said here* | assistance | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Seeking assistance concerns harm, danger or repeated bullying ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e1:o1:1 # text = Seeking assistance concerns harm, danger or repeated bullying 1 Seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 concerns concern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 repeated repeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 bullying bullying NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | gerund | | assistance concerns | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **repeat** | participle | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Seeking assistance concerns trivial matters only ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e1:o2:1 # text = Seeking assistance concerns trivial matters only 1 Seeking seek VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 concerns concern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 trivial trivial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | gerund | | assistance concerns | | | | trivial *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concern=Theme | | 2 | **matter** | present | Seeking | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Telling tales concerns injuries requiring a doctor ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e1:o3:1 # text = Telling tales concerns injuries requiring a doctor 1 Telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 concerns concern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 compound _ _ 4 injuries injury NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 requiring require VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | tales | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient | | 2 | **require** | gerund | concerns injuries *not said here* | a doctor | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme doctor=Precondition | ### Option 4 {#o4} The two terms are entirely interchangeable in ordinary usage ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e1:o4:1 # text = The two terms are entirely interchangeable in ordinary usage 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 interchangeable interchangeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 usage usage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the two terms | | | ordinary usage | | entirely, interchangeable *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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