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description: Two kids agree to say «we both cleaned». What would happen if a parent asked them separately what they each did? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 433 «Big kids, little kids and the truth at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Big kids, little kids and the truth at home

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Two kids agree to say «we both cleaned». What would happen if a parent asked them separately what they each did?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two kids, we, parent, kids · **What happens:** agree, say, clean, happen, ask, do · **To what, where:** kids · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 433 «Big kids, little kids and the truth at home» 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/433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two kids agree to say «we both cleaned».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t4:1
# text = Two kids agree to say «we both cleaned».
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	both	both	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	cleaned	clean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Two kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Two kids *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **clean** *in a quote* | past | we |  |  |  |  | both *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 would happen if a parent asked them separately what they each did?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t4:2
# text = What would happen if a parent asked them separately what they each did?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	separately	separately	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nsubj	_	_
13	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a parent |  | kids *= kid* |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | past | kids *= kid* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Parents never ask separately

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t4:o1:1
# text = Parents never ask separately
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	separately	separately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Parents |  |  |  |  | separately *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The cleaning would get done

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t4:o2:1
# text = The cleaning would get done
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | would · passive |  | the cleaning |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Their stories would always match perfectly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t4:o3:1
# text = Their stories would always match perfectly
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	match	match	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **match** | would | Their stories |  |  |  |  | always, perfectly *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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

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Their details might not match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t4:o4:1
# text = Their details might not match
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	match	match	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **match** | might | Their details |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **detail** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom detail «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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