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title: Twins swap hoodies. Teacher: «Both stay in at recess then, eh?» Why… — «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Twins swap hoodies. Teacher: «Both stay in at recess then, eh?» Why does the trick backfire? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 432 ««It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 4 · ★ · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other

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Twins swap hoodies. Teacher: «Both stay in at recess then, eh?» Why does the trick backfire?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Twins, Both · **What happens:** swap, stay, do · **To what, where:** hoodies, Teacher, recess, trick backfire

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Twins swap hoodies.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t4:1
# text = Twins swap hoodies.
1	Twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swap	swap	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hoodies	hoodie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | present | Twins | hoodies |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoodie=Theme |

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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:* Teacher: «Both stay in at recess then, eh?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t4:2
# text = Teacher: «Both stay in at recess then, eh?»
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	recess	recess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** *in a quote* | present | Both | Teacher |  | recess | then |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in recess=Location |

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*Sentence 3:* Why does the trick backfire?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t4:3
# text = Why does the trick backfire?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	backfire	backfire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the trick backfire |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backfire=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They get extra recess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t4:o1:1
# text = They get extra recess
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	recess	recess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | They | extra recess |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer recess=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The teacher liked their hoodies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t4:o2:1
# text = The teacher liked their hoodies
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hoodies	hoodie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | the teacher | their hoodies |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hoodie=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Recess was cancelled for the whole class anyway because of rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t4:o3:1
# text = Recess was cancelled for the whole class anyway because of rain
1	Recess	recess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** | past · passive |  | Recess |  |  |  | for the whole class; because rain; anyway *property* | tree rules |

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

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Confusing who did it makes both share the punishment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t4:o4:1
# text = Confusing who did it makes both share the punishment
1	Confusing	confuse	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confuse** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 3 | **make** | present | Confusing | both |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **share** | infinitive | both *not said here* | the punishment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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