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title: Big brother, rough: "Shut up asking why, it's bedtime cos it is." Wh… — "Because I said so" and other dead-end… · tree and pragmatics
description: Big brother, rough: "Shut up asking why, it's bedtime cos it is." What kind of answer is that? Test 11 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 option; Mova's choic
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# Test 11 · "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons

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Big brother, rough: "Shut up asking why, it's bedtime cos it is." What kind of answer is that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, bedtime, that · **What happens:** shut up, ask, be · **To what, where:** bedtime, kind

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Big brother, rough: "Shut up asking why, it's bedtime cos it is."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t11:1
# text = Big brother, rough: "Shut up asking why, it's bedtime cos it is."
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Shut	shut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | bedtime |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | bedtime |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* What kind of answer is that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t11:2
# text = What kind of answer is that?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that | what kind |  |  |  | of answer | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A clear scientific reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t11:o1:1
# text = A clear scientific reason
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An appeal to the weather forecast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t11:o2:1
# text = An appeal to the weather forecast
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	appeal	appeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	forecast	forecast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fair deal with a promise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t11:o3:1
# text = A fair deal with a promise
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A dead end that repeats the rule instead of a reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t11:o4:1
# text = A dead end that repeats the rule instead of a reason
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	repeats	repeat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | present | a dead end | the rule |  |  |  | instead a reason | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Eventuality |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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