--- title: Teacher: «Why didn't you tell me sooner, Sam?» What's the most hones… — Getting help is not telling tales · tree and pragmatics description: Teacher: «Why didn't you tell me sooner, Sam?» What's the most honest likely reason? Test 10 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Getting help is not telling tales Teacher: «Why didn't you tell me sooner, Sam?» What's the most honest likely reason? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, honest likely reason · **What happens:** not tell, be · **To what, where:** Sam, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 369 «Getting help is not telling tales» 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/369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Teacher: «Why didn't you tell me sooner, Sam?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t10:1 # text = Teacher: «Why didn't you tell me sooner, Sam?» 1 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | Sam | me | | | soon *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | 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's the most honest likely reason? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t10:2 # text = What's the most honest likely reason? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the honest likely reason | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He wanted the long walk home every day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t10:o1:1 # text = He wanted the long walk home every day 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | the long walk | | | day | home *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot walk=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He thought the teacher was busy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t10:o2:1 # text = He thought the teacher was busy 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the teacher | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He was scared of being called a grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t10:o3:1 # text = He was scared of being called a grass 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | gerund · passive | He *not said here* | a grass | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» | ### Option 4 {#o4} He forgot for three weeks ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t10:o4:1 # text = He forgot for three weeks 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past | He | | | | week | | 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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Getting help is not telling tales, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales/t9/) - next →: [Getting help is not telling tales, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales/t11/) - ↑ back to [Getting help is not telling tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales/)