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# Test 8 · ★ · «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework

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«left it at home, sir» on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday... What would happen if Kai said it on Thursday too?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kai · **What happens:** leave, happen, say · **To what, where:** it, home · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 426 ««The dog ate it»: excuses for homework» 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/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «left it at home, sir» on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:t8:1
# text = «left it at home, sir» on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	sir	sir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	Tuesday	Tuesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Wednesday	Wednesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	...	...	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** *in a quote* | past |  | it |  | home | monday |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme at home=Location |

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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 would happen if Kai said it on Thursday too?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:t8:2
# text = What would happen if Kai said it on Thursday too?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Kai | home |  |  | thursday |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The homework would appear by itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:t8:o1:1
# text = The homework would appear by itself
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	appear	appear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | would | the homework |  |  |  |  | by homework | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The teacher would let him off forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:t8:o2:1
# text = The teacher would let him off forever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let off** | would | the teacher | him *= he* |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Kai would get extra marks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:t8:o3:1
# text = Kai would get extra marks
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | Kai | extra marks |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Nobody would believe it, and the teacher would ring home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:t8:o4:1
# text = Nobody would believe it, and the teacher would ring home
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	ring	ring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | would | Nobody | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ring** | would | the teacher |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

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