--- title: What would most likely happen if Rian never told the staff about his… — Living in a children's home · tree and pragmatics description: What would most likely happen if Rian never told the staff about his trainers? Test 3 of lesson 520 «Living in a children's 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Living in a children's home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/) / t3 # Test 3 · Living in a children's home What would most likely happen if Rian never told the staff about his trainers? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rian · **What happens:** happen, not tell · **To what, where:** staff · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 of lesson 520 «Living in a children's 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t3:1 # text = What would most likely happen if Rian never told the staff about his trainers? 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 Rian Rian PROPN NNP _ 9 nsubj _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 iobj _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 trainers trainer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Rian | | the staff about Rian's trainers | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent staff=Recipient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The kid might keep taking his stuff ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t3:o1:1 # text = The kid might keep taking his stuff 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | might | the kid | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | gerund | the kid *not said here* | kid's stuff | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The older kid would say sorry on his own ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t3:o2:1 # text = The older kid would say sorry on his own 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | the older kid | sorry | | kid's own | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The staff would know without being told ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t3:o3:1 # text = The staff would know without being told 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 without without SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | would | the staff | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | ### Option 4 {#o4} The trainers would come back by themselves ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t3:o4:1 # text = The trainers would come back by themselves 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 trainers trainer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | would | the trainers | | | | | by trainers *= trainer* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by themselves=Location | **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. 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