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title: Sienna: «It's not my fault». Islay: «never said it was, mate». What… — Rich families: the big house, the nann… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sienna: «It's not my fault». Islay: «never said it was, mate». What could help them most? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 491 «Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad

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Sienna: «It's not my fault». Islay: «never said it was, mate». What could help them most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sienna, Islay · **What happens:** not be, not say, be, help · **To what, where:** fault, mate, them · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 491 «Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad» 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/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sienna: «It's not my fault».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad:t4:1
# text = Sienna: «It's not my fault».
1	Sienna	sienna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Sienna | my fault |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Islay: «never said it was, mate».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad:t4:2
# text = Islay: «never said it was, mate».
1	Islay	islay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Islay | mate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What could help them most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad:t4:3
# text = What could help them most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | could |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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An honest chat about how it feels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad:t4:o1:1
# text = An honest chat about how it feels
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | chat |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Islay never talking to her again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad:t4:o2:1
# text = Islay never talking to her again
1	Islay	Islay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **talk** | gerund | Islay |  | her *= she* |  | again |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sienna hiding her phone at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad:t4:o3:1
# text = Sienna hiding her phone at school
1	Sienna	Sienna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund | Sienna | Sienna's phone |  | school |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent phone=Patient at school=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sienna giving Islay her new phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad:t4:o4:1
# text = Sienna giving Islay her new phone
1	Sienna	Sienna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	Islay	Islay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	iobj	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund | Sienna | Sienna's new phone | Islay |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent islay=Recipient phone=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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