--- title: Josh's aunt asks, "Did you enjoy my piano recital?" It was long, but… — Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice · tree and pragmatics description: Josh's aunt asks, "Did you enjoy my piano recital?" It was long, but her last piece was lovely. What is the kind truth? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 84 «Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice/t11/) [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/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice Josh's aunt asks, "Did you enjoy my piano recital?" It was long, but her last piece was lovely. What is the kind truth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** aunt, you, my, recital, last piece, kind truth · **What happens:** ask, enjoy, recite, be · **To what, where:** piano recital · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 84 «Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Josh's aunt asks, "Did you enjoy my piano recital?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice:t11:1 # text = Josh's aunt asks, "Did you enjoy my piano recital?" 1 Josh Josh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 piano piano NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 recital recital NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Josh's aunt | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **enjoy** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | my piano recital | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer recital=Stimulus | | 3 | **recite** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom recital «communication transitive»: poss=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:* It was long, but her last piece was lovely. ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice:t11:2 # text = It was long, but her last piece was lovely. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | recital | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | aunt's last piece | | | | | lovely *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What is the kind truth? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice:t11:3 # text = What is the kind truth? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the kind truth | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It went on for ages, honestly ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice:t11:o1:1 # text = It went on for ages, honestly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | It | | | | for ages | honestly *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} I fell asleep in the middle ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice:t11:o2:1 # text = I fell asleep in the middle 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | I | | | the middle | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in middle=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was the best concert in history! ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice:t11:o3:1 # text = It was the best concert in history! 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 concert concert NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | the best concert | | history | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} That last piece was lovely! ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice:t11:o4:1 # text = That last piece was lovely! 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | that last piece | | | | | lovely *property* | tree rules | **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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