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title: «I fed him!!» says Sam, but the bowl is empty and the hamster chews… — «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at… · tree and pragmatics
description: «I fed him!!» says Sam, but the bowl is empty and the hamster chews its bedding. What would have been the right thing? Test 4 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 ea
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# Test 4 · «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home

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«I fed him!!» says Sam, but the bowl is empty and the hamster chews its bedding. What would have been the right thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sam, bowl, hamster · **What happens:** feed, say, be, chew · **To what, where:** him, bedding, right thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I fed him!!» says Sam, but the bowl is empty and the hamster chews its bedding.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t4:1
# text = «I fed him!!» says Sam, but the bowl is empty and the hamster chews its bedding.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	chews	chew	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
19	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	bedding	bedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** *in a quote* | past | Sam |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Sam |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | present | the bowl |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **chew** | present | the hamster | hamster's bedding |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bedding=Patient |

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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 have been the right thing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t4:2
# text = What would have been the right thing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would · perfect |  | the right thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fill the bowl quietly and say nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t4:o1:1
# text = Fill the bowl quietly and say nothing at all
1	Fill	fill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bowl |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bowl=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing |  | all |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Blame the hamster for eating fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t4:o2:1
# text = Blame the hamster for eating fast
1	Blame	blame	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | the hamster |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hamster=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Buy a bigger bowl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t4:o3:1
# text = Buy a bigger bowl
1	Buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | a bigger bowl |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme |

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

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Say «I forgot» so someone could feed him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t4:o4:1
# text = Say «I forgot» so someone could feed him
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **forget** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **feed** | could | someone |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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