--- title: Grace: «nobody found out so it doesn't matter». Which is TRUE? — «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at… · tree and pragmatics description: Grace: «nobody found out so it doesn't matter». Which is TRUE? Test 9 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home Grace: «nobody found out so it doesn't matter». Which is TRUE? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grace, it · **What happens:** find out, not matter, be This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grace: «nobody found out so it doesn't matter». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t9:1 # text = Grace: «nobody found out so it doesn't matter». 1 Grace Grace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 5 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 so so SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** *in a quote* | past | Grace | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **matter** *in a quote* | present · do-support | it | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | 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:* Which is TRUE? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t9:2 # text = Which is TRUE? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 TRUE true 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 | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nobody finding out means it was the right thing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t9:o1:1 # text = Nobody finding out means it was the right thing 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 2 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | gerund | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | Nobody | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | it | the right thing | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Broccoli doesn't count ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t9:o2:1 # text = Broccoli doesn't count 1 Broccoli broccoli NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | Broccoli | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She still felt bad, especially when praised ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t9:o3:1 # text = She still felt bad, especially when praised 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 especially especially ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 8 praised praise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | She | | | | still | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **praise** | participle | She *not said here* | | | | | especially *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} She felt great all night ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t9:o4:1 # text = She felt great all night 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | She | | | | night | great *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | **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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