--- title: Dad in Auckland, caught: «Yeah nah, fair cop.» What does he mean? — Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream… · tree and pragmatics description: Dad in Auckland, caught: «Yeah nah, fair cop.» What does he mean? Test 5 of lesson 443 «Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van» 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/443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van/t5/) [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/) / [Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van/) / t5 # Test 5 · Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van Dad in Auckland, caught: «Yeah nah, fair cop.» What does he mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad · **What happens:** catch, mean · **To what, where:** fair cop This is test 5 of lesson 443 «Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van» 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/443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad in Auckland, caught: «Yeah nah, fair cop.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t5:1 # text = Dad in Auckland, caught: «Yeah nah, fair cop.» 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Auckland Auckland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _ 9 nah nah INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 cop cop NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | Dad in Auckland | fair cop | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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 he mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t5:2 # text = What does he mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Dad | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, I'm telling the truth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t5:o1:1 # text = Yes, I'm telling the truth 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | I | the truth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} You caught me — no, you're right ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t5:o2:1 # text = You caught me — no, you're right 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 — - PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 5 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | You | me | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Call the police now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t5:o3:1 # text = Call the police now 1 Call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | the police | | | now | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Maybe we'll buy some later ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t5:o4:1 # text = Maybe we'll buy some later 1 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | future | we | some | | | | late, maybe *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme | **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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