--- title: A child tells his mum about a problem, but she says she is too tired… — Trusted adults and asking for help · tree and pragmatics description: A child tells his mum about a problem, but she says she is too tired to talk. What is wise? Test 8 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Trusted adults and asking for help A child tells his mum about a problem, but she says she is too tired to talk. What is wise? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child, she · **What happens:** tell, say, be, talk · **To what, where:** mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A child tells his mum about a problem, but she says she is too tired to talk. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t8:1 # text = A child tells his mum about a problem, but she says she is too tired to talk. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 too too ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a child | | child's mum | | | about a problem | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient about problem=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | she | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | she | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **talk** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: 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. *Sentence 2:* What is wise? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t8:2 # text = What is wise? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Keep it a secret until he is grown up and can sort it out himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t8:o1:1 # text = Keep it a secret until he is grown up and can sort it out himself 1 Keep keep 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 xcomp _ _ 5 until until SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 sort sort VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **grow up** | present · passive | | he | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **sort out** | can | you *not said here* | secret | | | | himself *= he* *obl:unmarked* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Solve it alone, even if it is dangerous ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t8:o2:1 # text = Solve it alone, even if it is dangerous 1 Solve solve 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 alone alone ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **solve** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | alone *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tell her it is important or tell another trusted adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t8:o3:1 # text = Tell her it is important or tell another trusted adult 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 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 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 9 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | important *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | another trusted adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 4 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Never tell anyone about anything again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t8:o4:1 # text = Never tell anyone about anything 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 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obl _ _ 6 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 | about anything | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient about anything=Topic | **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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