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title: Tilly, quietly: «Is it my fault Liam left?» What's the truth? — A sibling with a disability or illness… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tilly, quietly: «Is it my fault Liam left?» What's the truth? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 506 «A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left home» 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 rig
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# Test 11 · ★ · A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left…

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Tilly, quietly: «Is it my fault Liam left?» What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, Liam, truth · **What happens:** be, leave · **To what, where:** fault

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 506 «A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left home» 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/506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tilly, quietly: «Is it my fault Liam left?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:t11:1
# text = Tilly, quietly: «Is it my fault Liam left?»
1	Tilly	Tilly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
10	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | my fault |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | participle | Liam | my fault *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=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:* What's the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:t11:2
# text = What's the truth?
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	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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No, it was a grown-up row

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:t11:o1:1
# text = No, it was a grown-up row
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | a grown row |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, kids cause most of the rows in a family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, kids cause most of the rows in a family
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | kids | most of the rows |  | a family |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition most=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Maybe, if she had been noisy on that day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:t11:o3:1
# text = Maybe, if she had been noisy on that day
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | she |  |  |  | day | maybe, noisy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, she should have stopped them shouting that night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, she should have stopped them shouting that night
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | should · perfect | she | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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