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Test 7 · ★ 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 choice was wrong --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other/t7/) [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/) / [«It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other Ruby got Euan to take the blame and then broke the deal. How many wrongs is that? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruby, Euan, many wrongs · **What happens:** get, take, break, be · **To what, where:** Euan, blame, deal This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ruby got Euan to take the blame and then broke the deal. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t7:1 # text = Ruby got Euan to take the blame and then broke the deal. 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Euan Euan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 blame blame NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Ruby | Euan | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | Euan *not said here* | the blame | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blame=Theme | | 3 | **break** | past | Ruby *not said here* | the deal | | | then | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deal=Patient | 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:* How many wrongs is that? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t7:2 # text = How many wrongs is that? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wrongs wrong NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | many wrongs | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Three: the cup, the tears and the chores ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t7:o1:1 # text = Three: the cup, the tears and the chores 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 chores chore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} One: only the cup ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t7:o2:1 # text = One: only the cup 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} None, because he agreed to it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t7:o3:1 # text = None, because he agreed to it 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | None | | it | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Two: the blame and the broken promise ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t7:o4:1 # text = Two: the blame and the broken promise 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 blame blame NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **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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