--- title: Mate: «if anyone asks, I was at yours Saturday, yeah?» What's the ho… — Covering for a friend · tree and pragmatics description: Mate: «if anyone asks, I was at yours Saturday, yeah?» What's the honest answer? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» 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/436-covering-for-a-friend/t2/) [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/) / [Covering for a friend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/436-covering-for-a-friend/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · Covering for a friend Mate: «if anyone asks, I was at yours Saturday, yeah?» What's the honest answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** anyone, Mate, honest answer · **What happens:** ask, be This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» 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/436-covering-for-a-friend/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mate: «if anyone asks, I was at yours Saturday, yeah?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t2:1 # text = Mate: «if anyone asks, I was at yours Saturday, yeah?» 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 nsubj _ _ 6 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 12 Saturday Saturday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | anyone | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Mate | | | | saturday | at yours | 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:* What's the honest answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t2:2 # text = What's the honest answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the honest answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} «Only if you pay me for it» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t2:o1:1 # text = «Only if you pay me for it» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** *in a quote* | present | you | | me | | | for it | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Asset for it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} «Yes, but only to my mum» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t2:o2:1 # text = «Yes, but only to my mum» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} «I won't lie for you, sorry» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t2:o3:1 # text = «I won't lie for you, sorry» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 sorry sorry INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **lie** *in a quote* | future | I | | | | | for you | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} «Sure, no problem, mate» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t2:o4:1 # text = «Sure, no problem, mate» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sure sure INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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