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title: Lily: «I deleted it by accident, honest». It wasn't an accident. Wha… — The row over a game · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily: «I deleted it by accident, honest». It wasn't an accident. What would fix it fastest? Test 2 of lesson 475 «The row over a game» 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.
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# Test 2 · The row over a game

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Lily: «I deleted it by accident, honest». It wasn't an accident. What would fix it fastest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, accident · **What happens:** delete, not be, fix · **To what, where:** Lily, accident, fastest

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This is test 2 of lesson 475 «The row over a game» 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/475-the-row-over-a-game/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily: «I deleted it by accident, honest».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:t2:1
# text = Lily: «I deleted it by accident, honest».
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	deleted	delete	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delete** *in a quote* | past | I | Lily |  |  |  | by accident | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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:* It wasn't an accident.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:t2:2
# text = It wasn't an accident.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past | accident | a accident |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What would fix it fastest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:t2:3
# text = What would fix it fastest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fix	fix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | would |  | fastest |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sticking to the accident story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:t2:o1:1
# text = Sticking to the accident story
1	Sticking	stick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the accident story | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to story=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Deleting her own tower too, to be fair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:t2:o2:1
# text = Deleting her own tower too, to be fair
1	Deleting	delete	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delete** | gerund |  | her own tower |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | Deleting |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Owning up to feeling jealous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:t2:o3:1
# text = Owning up to feeling jealous
1	Owning	own	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **feel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | jealous *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Blaming the internet connection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:t2:o4:1
# text = Blaming the internet connection
1	Blaming	blame	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	connection	connection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | gerund |  | the internet connection |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent connection=Theme |

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