--- title: Kid in Toronto: «we didn't take anything, eh?» — her friend did. Wha… — Covering for a friend · tree and pragmatics description: Kid in Toronto: «we didn't take anything, eh?» — her friend did. What does «eh» do here? Test 4 · ★★ 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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Covering for a friend Kid in Toronto: «we didn't take anything, eh?» — her friend did. What does «eh» do here? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, friend · **What happens:** not take, do · **To what, where:** anything This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kid in Toronto: «we didn't take anything, eh?» — her friend did. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t4:1 # text = Kid in Toronto: «we didn't take anything, eh?» — her friend did. 1 Kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Toronto Toronto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 10 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 eh eh INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 15 — - PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **take** *in a quote* | past · do-support | we | anything | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | Toronto's friend | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 does «eh» do here? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t4:2 # text = What does «eh» do here? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 eh eh INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · do-support | | | | here | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Means «hello» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t4:o1:1 # text = Means «hello» 1 Means means NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 0 root _ _ 2 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 hello hello INTJ UH _ 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Means «no» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t4:o2:1 # text = Means «no» 1 Means means NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 0 root _ _ 2 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Asks «right?» at the end ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t4:o3:1 # text = Asks «right?» at the end 1 Asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 right right INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | | | | | at the end | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Means she's very tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t4:o4:1 # text = Means she's very tired 1 Means means NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 0 root _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | she | Means *not said here* | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | **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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