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# Test 3 · ★ · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other

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«it was HIM» / «no it was HER» — both have chocolate faces. What's the smartest move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, both, smartest move · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** HER, chocolate faces

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 432 ««It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other» 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/432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «it was HIM» / «no it was HER» — both have chocolate faces.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t3:1
# text = «it was HIM» / «no it was HER» — both have chocolate faces.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	HIM	him	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	/	/	SYM	,	_	11	cc	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	11	discourse	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	HER	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
13	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	nsubj	_	_
15	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | it |  |  |  |  | him *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | it | HER *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | present | both | chocolate faces |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=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's the smartest move?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t3:2
# text = What's the smartest move?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	smartest	smart	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the smartest move |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Own up first for the best deal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t3:o1:1
# text = Own up first for the best deal
1	Own	own	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the best deal; first *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Blame the dog for the chocolate instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t3:o2:1
# text = Blame the dog for the chocolate instead
1	Blame	blame	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	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 dog |  |  |  | for the chocolate; instead *property* | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent dog=Theme for chocolate=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Wash your face quickly and keep lying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t3:o3:1
# text = Wash your face quickly and keep lying
1	Wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | your face |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lie** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Keep blaming each other louder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t3:o4:1
# text = Keep blaming each other louder
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	blaming	blame	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	2	obj	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	fixed	_	_
5	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **blame** | gerund | you *not said here* | each |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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