--- title: my little bro rang 911 for a laugh. big deal? — Trusted adults and asking for help · tree and pragmatics description: my little bro rang 911 for a laugh. big deal? Test 12 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» 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/56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help/t12/) [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/) / [Trusted adults and asking for help](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help/) / t12 # Test 12 · Trusted adults and asking for help my little bro rang 911 for a laugh. big deal? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little bro · **What happens:** ring · **To what, where:** 911 This is test 12 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» 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/56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t12:1 # text = my little bro rang 911 for a laugh. big deal? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 911 911 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | past | my little bro | 911 | | | | for a laugh | tree rules | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} No, it is fine if he hangs up fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t12:o1:1 # text = No, it is fine if he hangs up fast 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 expl _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hang up** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | | | | | fast *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yes, emergency numbers are only for real emergencies ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t12:o2:1 # text = Yes, emergency numbers are only for real emergencies 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 emergency emergency NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 emergencies emergency NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | emergency numbers | | | | | for real emergencies | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, kids are allowed to prank call, they're only kids ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t12:o3:1 # text = No, kids are allowed to prank call, they're only kids 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 prank prank NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** | present · passive | | kids | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 2 | **is a** | present | kids *= kid* | kids | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only a big deal if he did it twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t12:o4:1 # text = Only a big deal if he did it twice 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | a big deal | it | | | | twice *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | **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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