--- title: Dad: «Where's your sister?» Charlie knows she sneaked out. What's an… — Big kids, little kids and the truth at… · tree and pragmatics description: Dad: «Where's your sister?» Charlie knows she sneaked out. What's an honest thing to say? 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What's an honest thing to say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, Charlie · **What happens:** be, know, sneak out, say · **To what, where:** sister, honest thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad: «Where's your sister?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t6:1 # text = Dad: «Where's your sister?» 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Dad | your sister | | | | | tree rules | 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:* Charlie knows she sneaked out. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t6:2 # text = Charlie knows she sneaked out. 1 Charlie Charlie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sneaked sneak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | Charlie | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **sneak out** | past | Charlie | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* What's an honest thing to say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t6:3 # text = What's an honest thing to say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a honest thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} «In the shower, Dad» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t6:o1:1 # text = «In the shower, Dad» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shower shower NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} «She went to Gran's for tea» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t6:o2:1 # text = «She went to Gran's for tea» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | past | She | | | Gran | | for tea | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to gran=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} «I don't know, ask her» or the truth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t6:o3:1 # text = «I don't know, ask her» or the truth 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} «She's asleep upstairs, don't wake her» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t6:o4:1 # text = «She's asleep upstairs, don't wake her» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 csubj _ _ 5 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 wake wake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | She | | | | | asleep, upstairs *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **wake** *in a quote* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=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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