--- title: «It were me, you donut!» «Nah, it were me!» What would happen withou… — The check that settles it · tree and pragmatics description: «It were me, you donut!» «Nah, it were me!» What would happen without the tablet video? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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/451-the-check-that-settles-it/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/) / [The check that settles it](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/451-the-check-that-settles-it/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · The check that settles it «It were me, you donut!» «Nah, it were me!» What would happen without the tablet video? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** It, donut · **What happens:** be, happen · **To what, where:** me This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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/451-the-check-that-settles-it/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «It were me, you donut!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t5:1 # text = «It were me, you donut!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 dep _ _ 7 donut donut NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | It | me | | | | donut *vocative* | 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:* «Nah, it were me!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t5:2 # text = «Nah, it were me!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | donut | me | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What would happen without the tablet video? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t5:3 # text = What would happen without the tablet video? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 without without ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 tablet tablet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 video video NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | without the tablet video | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The goal would score itself again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t5:o1:1 # text = The goal would score itself again 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goal goal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 score score VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **score** | would | the goal | goal | | | again | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The ball would tell them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t5:o2:1 # text = The ball would tell them 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | would | the ball | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They'd keep arguing with no answer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t5:o3:1 # text = They'd keep arguing with no answer 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 arguing argue VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | would | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | with no answer | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with answer=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The teacher would know already ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t5:o4:1 # text = The teacher would know already 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 already already ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | would | the teacher | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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