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title: «she nicked my phone» — Lily's sobbing. «I'll get it back, I'll smac… — Getting help is not telling tales · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Getting help is not telling tales

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«she nicked my phone» — Lily's sobbing. «I'll get it back, I'll smack her», says Kieran. Wiser idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she, Lily, Kieran · **What happens:** nick, sob, get back, smack, say · **To what, where:** phone, Lily · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «she nicked my phone» — Lily's sobbing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t7:1
# text = «she nicked my phone» — Lily's sobbing.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
7	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
8	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	sobbing	sobbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** *in a quote* | past | she | my phone |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent phone=Beneficiary sobbing=Theme |
| 2 | **sob** |  | Lily |  |  |  |  |  | nom sobbing «act intransitive»: poss=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:* «I'll get it back, I'll smack her», says Kieran.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t7:2
# text = «I'll get it back, I'll smack her», says Kieran.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	ccomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	smack	smack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** *in a quote* | future | Kieran | phone |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **smack** *in a quote* | future | Kieran | Lily |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kieran |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* Wiser idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t7:3
# text = Wiser idea?
1	Wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	idea	idea	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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Let Kieran go and smack her to get it back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t7:o1:1
# text = Let Kieran go and smack her to get it back
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	smack	smack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | Kieran |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | Kieran *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **smack** | infinitive | Kieran *not said here* | Kieran |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 4 | **get back** | to-infinitive | Kieran *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grab it back yourself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t7:o2:1
# text = Grab it back yourself
1	Grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab back** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | yourself *obl* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

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Fetch the teacher on duty right now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t7:o3:1
# text = Fetch the teacher on duty right now
1	Fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the teacher |  | duty | now |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent teacher=Theme on duty=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nick her phone back in return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t7:o4:1
# text = Nick her phone back in return
1	Nick	Nick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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