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title: Jess: "Both ways work, Dad. You're not the Dishwasher King." Mum: "H… — "Because I said so" and other dead-end… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jess: "Both ways work, Dad. You're not the Dishwasher King." Mum: "He is, actually, in his head." Which is true? Test 10 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 10 · "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons

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Jess: "Both ways work, Dad. You're not the Dishwasher King." Mum: "He is, actually, in his head." Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, ways, Mum · **What happens:** jess, work, not be, be · **To what, where:** Dad, Dishwasher King, head

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This is test 10 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» of the world 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/world/163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jess: "Both ways work, Dad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t10:1
# text = Jess: "Both ways work, Dad.
1	Jess	jess	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jess** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** *in a quote* | present | both ways | Dad |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent dad=Material |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* You're not the Dishwasher King."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t10:2
# text = You're not the Dishwasher King."
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Dishwasher	Dishwasher	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | You | the Dishwasher King |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Mum: "He is, actually, in his head."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t10:3
# text = Mum: "He is, actually, in his head."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mum |  |  | King's head |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 4:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t10:4
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Some ways can be better, but the test is clean dishes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t10:o1:1
# text = Some ways can be better, but the test is clean dishes
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | some ways |  |  |  |  | clean dishes *obl*; good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the test |  |  |  |  | clean *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mum's way must be wrong, because Dad said so and he knows dishwashers

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t10:o2:1
# text = Mum's way must be wrong, because Dad said so and he knows dishwashers
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	dishwashers	dishwasher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | Mum's way |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **know** | present | Dad | dishwashers |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dishwasher=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Dishwashers only work one way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t10:o3:1
# text = Dishwashers only work one way
1	Dishwashers	dishwasher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Dishwashers | one way |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent way=Material |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Plates must always go at the back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t10:o4:1
# text = Plates must always go at the back
1	Plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | must | Plates |  |  | the back |  | always *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at back=Location |

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