--- title: «Trust me, it's obvious.» What's the right moment to do? — Too many details, too few · tree and pragmatics description: «Trust me, it's obvious.» What's the right moment to do? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/450-too-many-details-too-few/t12/) [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/) / [Too many details, too few](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/450-too-many-details-too-few/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★★ · Too many details, too few «Trust me, it's obvious.» What's the right moment to do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, it, right moment · **What happens:** trust, be, do · **To what, where:** me This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» 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/450-too-many-details-too-few/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Trust me, it's obvious.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t12:1 # text = «Trust me, it's obvious.» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Trust trust VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 obvious obvious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | me | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | obvious *property* | 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 right moment to do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t12:2 # text = What's the right moment to do? 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 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the right moment | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the right moment *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Ask for the proof ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t12:o1:1 # text = Ask for the proof 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for the proof | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Change the subject ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t12:o2:1 # text = Change the subject 1 Change change VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | imperative | you *not said here* | the subject | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Agree to avoid an argument ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t12:o3:1 # text = Agree to avoid an argument 1 Agree agree VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 argument argument NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a argument | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent argument=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Trust him because he said so ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t12:o4:1 # text = Trust him because he said so 1 Trust trust VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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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