--- title: Mum in Melbourne: «Righto, youse are both paying half.» One says «I… — «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each o… · tree and pragmatics description: Mum in Melbourne: «Righto, youse are both paying half.» One says «I pushed first», the other «I pushed harder». What did honesty get them? 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What did honesty get them? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, One, other · **What happens:** pay, say, push, get · **To what, where:** half, them · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum in Melbourne: «Righto, youse are both paying half.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t9:1 # text = Mum in Melbourne: «Righto, youse are both paying half.» 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Melbourne Melbourne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Righto righto INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 youse youse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 both both ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 paying pay VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 12 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Mum in Melbourne *not said here* | half | | | | both *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Asset | 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:* One says «I pushed first», the other «I pushed harder». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t9:2 # text = One says «I pushed first», the other «I pushed harder». 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nsubj _ _ 11 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 14 harder hard ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | One | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **push** *in a quote* | past | One | | | | | first *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **push** *in a quote* | past | the other | | | | | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What did honesty get them? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t9:3 # text = What did honesty get them? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 honesty honesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | | them *= they* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary they=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing at all, it made no difference ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t9:o1:1 # text = Nothing at all, it made no difference 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 made make VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Nothing | no difference | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material difference=Product | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They each paid a bit less ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t9:o2:1 # text = They each paid a bit less 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | They | a bit | | | | less *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} They had to pay double ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t9:o3:1 # text = They had to pay double 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pay** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | double | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent double=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} They got a new vase for free ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t9:o4:1 # text = They got a new vase for free 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 vase vase NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | They | a new vase | | | | for free | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent vase=Theme for free=Source | **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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