--- title: «a tough lad like you doesn't need spelling help». Is that right? — Jake, always in bruises · tree and pragmatics description: «a tough lad like you doesn't need spelling help». Is that right? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 372 «Jake, always in bruises» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/372-jake-always-in-bruises/t7/) [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/) / [Jake, always in bruises](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/372-jake-always-in-bruises/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Jake, always in bruises «a tough lad like you doesn't need spelling help». Is that right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tough lad, that · **What happens:** not need, be · **To what, where:** spelling help This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 372 «Jake, always in bruises» 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/372-jake-always-in-bruises/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «a tough lad like you doesn't need spelling help». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:372-jake-always-in-bruises:t7:1 # text = «a tough lad like you doesn't need spelling help». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 tough tough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ 7 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** *in a quote* | present · do-support | a tough lad like you | spelling help | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=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. *Sentence 2:* Is that right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:372-jake-always-in-bruises:t7:2 # text = Is that right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, asking for help is strong, not soft ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:372-jake-always-in-bruises:t7:o1:1 # text = No, asking for help is strong, not soft 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | asking | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **be** | | asking *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, tough people already know how to spell everything ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:372-jake-always-in-bruises:t7:o2:1 # text = Yes, tough people already know how to spell everything 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 tough tough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 already already ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 spell spell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | tough people | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **spell** | to-infinitive | | everything | | | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, spelling is for Sam only ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:372-jake-always-in-bruises:t7:o3:1 # text = Yes, spelling is for Sam only 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | spelling | | | | | for Sam | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only if nobody finds out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:372-jake-always-in-bruises:t7:o4:1 # text = Only if nobody finds out 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 4 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | present | nobody | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | **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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