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title: Bro, so what's the lesson, like, don't be greedy yeah? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, so what's the lesson, like, don't be greedy yeah? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1992 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the wrong man and chase clouds in the lake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the w…

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Bro, so what's the lesson, like, don't be greedy yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** be, not be · **To what, where:** lesson

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1992 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the wrong man and chase clouds in the lake» of the books 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/books/1992-pg7885-part11/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t12:1
# text = Bro, so what's the lesson, like, don't be greedy yeah?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
15	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Bro and the lesson | the lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive · do-support | Bro and the lesson |  |  |  |  | greedy *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nah, greed pays off in the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t12:o1:1
# text = Nah, greed pays off in the end
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	greed	greed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay off** | present | greed |  |  |  | in the end |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, just be lazy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t12:o2:1
# text = Nah, just be lazy
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, greed gets you in trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, greed gets you in trouble
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	greed	greed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | greed | you |  | trouble |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, honesty always wins out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, honesty always wins out
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win out** | present | honesty |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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