--- title: «bro I predicted the ending wrong so I failed». Did he fail? — Prediction: what happens next · tree and pragmatics description: «bro I predicted the ending wrong so I failed». Did he fail? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 19 «Prediction: what happens next» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/19-prediction-what-happens-next/t3/) [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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Prediction: what happens next](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/19-prediction-what-happens-next/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Prediction: what happens next «bro I predicted the ending wrong so I failed». Did he fail? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro, I · **What happens:** predict, fail · **To what, where:** ending This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 19 «Prediction: what happens next» of the English 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/english/19-prediction-what-happens-next/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «bro I predicted the ending wrong so I failed». ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t3:1 # text = «bro I predicted the ending wrong so I failed». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 predicted predict VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ending ending NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **predict** *in a quote* | past | bro | the ending | | | | wrong *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ending=Topic | | 2 | **fail** *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* Did he fail? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t3:2 # text = Did he fail? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | past · do-support | bro | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, predictions must always come true ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t3:o1:1 # text = Yes, predictions must always come true 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 predictions prediction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | must | predictions | | | | | always, true *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, wrong predictions score zero ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t3:o2:1 # text = Yes, wrong predictions score zero 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 predictions prediction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 compound _ _ 5 score score NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 zero zero NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} No, but only because he guessed ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t3:o3:1 # text = No, but only because he guessed 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | past | he | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, a prediction is good if it fits the evidence ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t3:o4:1 # text = No, a prediction is good if it fits the evidence 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prediction prediction NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 fits fit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a prediction | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fit** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | prediction | the evidence | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Patient | **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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