--- title: told my teacher something bad and she didn't help — Trusted adults and asking for help · tree and pragmatics description: told my teacher something bad and she didn't help Test 15 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 right. --- [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/t15/) [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/) / t15 # Test 15 · Trusted adults and asking for help told my teacher something bad and she didn't help **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher · **What happens:** tell, not help · **To what, where:** something, teacher · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 15 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t15:1 # text = told my teacher something bad and she didn't help 1 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 iobj _ _ 4 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 1 obj _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | something | my teacher | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient something=Topic | | 2 | **not** **help** | past · do-support | teacher | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Keep telling other trusted adults until someone helps ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t15:o1:1 # text = Keep telling other trusted adults until someone helps 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 until until SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 nsubj _ _ 8 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | | other trusted adults | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 3 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **help** | present | someone | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sort it out by yourself, you're old enough now to handle it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t15:o2:1 # text = Sort it out by yourself, you're old enough now to handle it 1 Sort sort VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 10 enough enough ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 handle handle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sort out** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | by yourself | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | now | enough, old *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **handle** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Never tell anyone again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t15:o3:1 # text = Never tell anyone again 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | anyone | | again | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Give up, nobody cares ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t15:o4:1 # text = Give up, nobody cares 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 5 cares care VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **care** | present | nobody | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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