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title: «jab won't hurt a bit, promise» says Dad. Ollie: «it DID tho». What… — Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream… · tree and pragmatics
description: «jab won't hurt a bit, promise» says Dad. Ollie: «it DID tho». What would have helped Ollie most? Test 8 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 choic
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# Test 8 · Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van

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«jab won't hurt a bit, promise» says Dad. Ollie: «it DID tho». What would have helped Ollie most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** jab, Dad, Ollie · **What happens:** not hurt, say, do, help · **To what, where:** bit, tho, Ollie · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «jab won't hurt a bit, promise» says Dad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t8:1
# text = «jab won't hurt a bit, promise» says Dad.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	jab	jab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hurt** *in a quote* | future | jab | a bit and promise |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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:* Ollie: «it DID tho».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t8:2
# text = Ollie: «it DID tho».
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	DID	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	tho	tho	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | past | Ollie | tho |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tho=Eventuality |

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*Sentence 3:* What would have helped Ollie most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t8:3
# text = What would have helped Ollie most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	helped	help	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would · perfect |  | Ollie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A bigger promise that it won't hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t8:o1:1
# text = A bigger promise that it won't hurt
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hurt** | future | promise | a bigger promise *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not being told anything at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t8:o2:1
# text = Not being told anything at all
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund · passive |  | anything |  | all |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: anything=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A trick to make him look away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t8:o3:1
# text = A trick to make him look away
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look away** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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

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An honest warning that it stings a little

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t8:o4:1
# text = An honest warning that it stings a little
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	stings	sting	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | present | a honest warning that it | a little |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus little=Experiencer |

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