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title: «the little ones did it but Dad said Harrison should've put it away,… — Minding the little ones: «you're the o… · tree and pragmatics
description: «the little ones did it but Dad said Harrison should've put it away, so it's Harrison's fault». Who should say sorry? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»

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«the little ones did it but Dad said Harrison should've put it away, so it's Harrison's fault». Who should say sorry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little ones, Dad, it · **What happens:** do, say, put away, be · **To what, where:** it, Harrison, fault, sorry · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» 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/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «the little ones did it but Dad said Harrison should've put it away, so it's Harrison's fault».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t11:1
# text = «the little ones did it but Dad said Harrison should've put it away, so it's Harrison's fault».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	Harrison	Harrison	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	've	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux	_	_
13	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	ccomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	Harrison	Harrison	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 | the little ones | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **put away** *in a quote* | should · perfect · passive |  | Harrison |  |  |  | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset it=Goal |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | Harrison's 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:* Who should say sorry?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t11:2
# text = Who should say sorry?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should |  | sorry |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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The little ones too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t11:o1:1
# text = The little ones too
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nobody at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t11:o2:1
# text = Nobody at all
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only Harrison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t11:o3:1
# text = Only Harrison
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Harrison	Harrison	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only Dad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t11:o4:1
# text = Only Dad
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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