--- title: Daughter: "Mum, it was the oven being dramatic, not you being useles… — "It worked once": one example is not all · tree and pragmatics description: Daughter: "Mum, it was the oven being dramatic, not you being useless." What should Mum do? 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What should Mum do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, Mum, you · **What happens:** be, not be, do · **To what, where:** oven This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 164 «"It worked once": one example is not all» 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/164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Daughter: "Mum, it was the oven being dramatic, not you being useless." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t4:1 # text = Daughter: "Mum, it was the oven being dramatic, not you being useless." 1 Daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 cop _ _ 11 dramatic dramatic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 cop _ _ 16 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | it | the oven | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | Mum | | | | | dramatic *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | gerund | you | | | | | useless *property* | tree rules | 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:* What should Mum do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t4:2 # text = What should Mum do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | Mum | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Never bake again ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t4:o1:1 # text = Never bake again 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 bake bake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bake** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | again | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Change the temperature and try again ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t4:o2:1 # text = Change the temperature and try again 1 Change change VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 temperature temperature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 try try VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | imperative | you *not said here* | the temperature | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temperature=Patient | | 2 | **try** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | again | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Buy a new cake tin ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t4:o3:1 # text = Buy a new cake tin 1 Buy buy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | a new cake tin | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tin=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Blame the recipe book ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t4:o4:1 # text = Blame the recipe book 1 Blame blame VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 recipe recipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | the recipe book | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme | **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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