--- title: smashed mums vase playing ball, nobody saw 😬 — Mistakes, asking for help and saying no · tree and pragmatics description: smashed mums vase playing ball, nobody saw 😬 Test 10 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/t10/) [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/) / [Mistakes, asking for help and saying no](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/) / t10 # Test 10 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no smashed mums vase playing ball, nobody saw 😬 **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** vase, smashed mums · **What happens:** play, see · **To what, where:** ball This is test 10 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t10:1 # text = smashed mums vase playing ball, nobody saw 😬 1 smashed smashed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 mums mum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 vase vase NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 4 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 😬 😬 PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | gerund | vase *not said here* | ball | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | smashed mums and vase | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 {#o1} Say the cat knocked it over ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t10:o1:1 # text = Say the cat knocked it over 1 Say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 over over ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the cat *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **knock over** | past | the cat | it | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Tell an adult straight away and say sorry ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t10:o2:1 # text = Tell an adult straight away and say sorry 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 straight straight ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | away *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Hide the pieces under the sofa n hope nobody looks ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t10:o3:1 # text = Hide the pieces under the sofa n hope nobody looks 1 Hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 n n NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 nsubj _ _ 10 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hope** | present | the pieces under the sofa n | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **look** | present | nobody | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Glue it and say nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t10:o4:1 # text = Glue it and say nothing 1 Glue glue 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 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glue** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=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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