--- title: Dad: «Yeah nah, mate» after looking at Mia's hands. What does he mean? — «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at… · tree and pragmatics description: Dad: «Yeah nah, mate» after looking at Mia's hands. What does he mean? Test 3 of lesson 427 ««I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home» 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/427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home/t3/) [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/) / [«I did brush my teeth»: little lies at…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home/) / t3 # Test 3 · «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home Dad: «Yeah nah, mate» after looking at Mia's hands. What does he mean? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mia · **What happens:** look, mean This is test 3 of lesson 427 ««I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home» 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/427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad: «Yeah nah, mate» after looking at Mia's hands. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t3:1 # text = Dad: «Yeah nah, mate» after looking at Mia's hands. 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 5 nah nah INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | at Mia's hands | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at hand=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:* What does he mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t3:2 # text = What does he mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Mia | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Maybe, I'm not sure ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t3:o1:1 # text = Maybe, I'm not sure 1 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | I | | | | | maybe, sure *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, they're clean enough ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t3:o2:1 # text = Yes, they're clean enough 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 enough enough ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | they | | | | | clean, enough *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Hurry up and eat ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t3:o3:1 # text = Hurry up and eat 1 Hurry hurry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurry up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, they're not washed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t3:o4:1 # text = No, they're not washed 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wash** | present · passive | | they | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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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