--- title: smashed the neighbour's window with my ball, gonna hide — Mistakes, asking for help and saying no · tree and pragmatics description: smashed the neighbour's window with my ball, gonna hide Test 15 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 wrong. --- [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/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/) / [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/) / t15 # Test 15 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no smashed the neighbour's window with my ball, gonna hide **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** smash · **To what, where:** window This is test 15 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t15:1 # text = smashed the neighbour's window with my ball, gonna hide 1 smashed smash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 gonna gonna X FW _ 11 compound _ _ 11 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smash** | past | | the neighbour's window | | | | with my ball and gonna hide | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent window=Patient with ball=Instrument | 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} Run away until dark ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t15:o1:1 # text = Run away until dark 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 until until ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | until dark | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Own up and say sorry, hiding makes it worse ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t15:o2:1 # text = Own up and say sorry, hiding makes it worse 1 Own own VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 nsubj _ _ 8 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **own up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hide** | gerund | | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | present | | it | | | | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} Hide and blame the wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t15:o3:1 # text = Hide and blame the wind 1 Hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 blame blame VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **blame** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the wind | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Buy a new ball and forget it, nobody saw anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t15:o4:1 # text = Buy a new ball and forget it, nobody saw anyway 1 Buy buy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 forget forget VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 nsubj _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 11 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | a new ball | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme | | 2 | **forget** | infinitive | you *not said here* | ball | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | nobody | | | | | anyway *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «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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