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title: What would most likely happen if nobody ever told Dayo the truth and… — Parents far away: the army, work abroa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would most likely happen if nobody ever told Dayo the truth and he kept overhearing bits? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 519 «Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 4 · ★ · Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison

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What would most likely happen if nobody ever told Dayo the truth and he kept overhearing bits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nobody, Dayo · **What happens:** happen, tell, keep, overhear · **To what, where:** truth, Dayo, bits · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 519 «Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison» 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/519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t4:1
# text = What would most likely happen if nobody ever told Dayo the truth and he kept overhearing bits?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	Dayo	Dayo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	iobj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
16	overhearing	overhear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	xcomp	_	_
17	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | nobody | the truth | Dayo |  | ever |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dayo=Recipient truth=Topic |
| 3 | **keep** | past | Dayo |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **overhear** | gerund | Dayo *not said here* | bits |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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His dad would come home sooner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t4:o1:1
# text = His dad would come home sooner
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | would | His dad |  |  |  |  | home, soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He'd never find out anything at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t4:o2:1
# text = He'd never find out anything at all
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **find out** | would | He | anything |  | all |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He'd feel more confused and lied to

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t4:o3:1
# text = He'd feel more confused and lied to
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	confused	confused	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	lied	lie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | would | He |  |  |  |  | confused *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lie** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He would stop caring about his dad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t4:o4:1
# text = He would stop caring about his dad
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	caring	care	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **care** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about his dad | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about dad=Stimulus |

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