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title: didnt get the lesson but everyone else did, pretend? — Covering up, false alarms and playing… · tree and pragmatics
description: didnt get the lesson but everyone else did, pretend? Test 16 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 16 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair

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didnt get the lesson but everyone else did, pretend?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone · **What happens:** get, do, pretend · **To what, where:** didnt

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» of the everyday 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/everyday/277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t16:1
# text = didnt get the lesson but everyone else did, pretend?
1	didnt	didnt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
7	else	else	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present |  | didnt |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lesson=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** | past | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pretend** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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Copy a friend's work instead and say nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t16:o1:1
# text = Copy a friend's work instead and say nothing at all
1	Copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | imperative | you *not said here* | a friend's work |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing |  | all |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
| 3 | **work** |  | a friend |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Say you don't understand, the teacher will help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t16:o2:1
# text = Say you don't understand, the teacher will help
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **understand** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **help** | future | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stay home the next day so you miss the next lesson

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t16:o3:1
# text = Stay home the next day so you miss the next lesson
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	miss	miss	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day | home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **miss** | present | you | the next lesson |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lesson=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pretend and hope it makes sense later on by itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t16:o4:1
# text = Pretend and hope it makes sense later on by itself
1	Pretend	pretend	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	hope	hope	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | present | Pretend *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make on** | present | Pretend | sense |  |  |  | by sense; late *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product |

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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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