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title: my mate reckons u should only ask for help when it's really bad, oth… — Trusted adults and asking for help · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate reckons u should only ask for help when it's really bad, otherwise ur a baby Test 18 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.
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# Test 18 · Trusted adults and asking for help

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my mate reckons u should only ask for help when it's really bad, otherwise ur a baby

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, u · **What happens:** reckon, ask, be

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This is test 18 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t18:1
# text = my mate reckons u should only ask for help when it's really bad, otherwise ur a baby
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	14	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	really	really	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
17	ur	ur	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | my mate |  |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | should | u |  |  |  |  | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | mate |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |

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

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Wrong; asking for help early makes most problems easier to fix

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t18:o1:1
# text = Wrong; asking for help early makes most problems easier to fix
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	problems	problem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for help; early *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present | asking | most problems |  |  |  | easy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset problem=Product |
| 3 | **fix** | to-infinitive | most problems *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is right, wait until it is very bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t18:o2:1
# text = He is right, wait until it is very bad
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is right, only babies ask for help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t18:o3:1
# text = He is right, only babies ask for help
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	help	help	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** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | babies |  |  |  |  | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is right, help is only for emergencies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t18:o4:1
# text = He is right, help is only for emergencies
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	emergencies	emergency	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | help |  |  |  |  | for emergencies | tree rules |

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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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