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title: «nobody at home listens, the name-calling's been weeks». What's a go… — Getting help is not telling tales · tree and pragmatics
description: «nobody at home listens, the name-calling's been weeks». What's a good thing to try? Test 8 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Getting help is not telling tales

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«nobody at home listens, the name-calling's been weeks». What's a good thing to try?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nobody, name calling · **What happens:** listen, be, try · **To what, where:** weeks, good thing

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «nobody at home listens, the name-calling's been weeks».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t8:1
# text = «nobody at home listens, the name-calling's been weeks».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	listens	listen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	calling	calling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	_
13	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** *in a quote* | present | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the name calling | weeks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* What's a good thing to try?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t8:2
# text = What's a good thing to try?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a good thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Call them worse names every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t8:o1:1
# text = Call them worse names every day
1	Call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  | day |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme name=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Ring a helpline like Childline or tell another trusted adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t8:o2:1
# text = Ring a helpline like Childline or tell another trusted adult
1	Ring	ring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	helpline	helpline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Childline	Childline	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
9	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | imperative | you *not said here* | a helpline |  |  |  | like Childline | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location helpline=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | another trusted adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 3 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Give up and say nothing to anyone, ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t8:o3:1
# text = Give up and say nothing to anyone, ever
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | ever |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing | anyone |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic to anyone=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wait till it gets worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:t8:o4:1
# text = Wait till it gets worse
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | it |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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