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title: Grace: «that packet's been there ages, I swear». Mum reads the date… — When the story falls apart · tree and pragmatics
description: Grace: «that packet's been there ages, I swear». Mum reads the date out like a detective. What gave Grace away? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 11 · ★★ · When the story falls apart

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Grace: «that packet's been there ages, I swear». Mum reads the date out like a detective. What gave Grace away?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** packet, I, Mum · **What happens:** be, swear, read out, give away · **To what, where:** ages, date, Grace

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» 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/431-when-the-story-falls-apart/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grace: «that packet's been there ages, I swear».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t11:1
# text = Grace: «that packet's been there ages, I swear».
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	packet	packet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
9	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	swear	swear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that packet | ages |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **swear** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Mum reads the date out like a detective.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t11:2
# text = Mum reads the date out like a detective.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	detective	detective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read out** | present | Mum | the date |  |  |  | like a detective | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What gave Grace away?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t11:3
# text = What gave Grace away?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give away** | past |  | Grace |  |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent grace=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Her sister telling on her at dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t11:o1:1
# text = Her sister telling on her at dinner
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Her sister *not said here* |  |  | dinner |  | on her *= she* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A crumb trail leading all the way to the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t11:o2:1
# text = A crumb trail leading all the way to the kitchen
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	crumb	crumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | gerund | a crumb trail *not said here* | all way |  |  |  | to the kitchen | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to kitchen=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A camera hidden in her room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t11:o3:1
# text = A camera hidden in her room
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | a camera *not said here* |  | her room |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A tiny clue — the date and the shopping day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:t11:o4:1
# text = A tiny clue — the date and the shopping day
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	clue	clue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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