--- title: they dared me to eat a whole spoon of cinnamon, its just spice right — Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying… · tree and pragmatics description: they dared me to eat a whole spoon of cinnamon, its just spice right Test 14 · ★ of lesson 284 «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/t14/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares they dared me to eat a whole spoon of cinnamon, its just spice right **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** dare, eat · **To what, where:** me, whole spoon This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 284 «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares» 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/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t14:1 # text = they dared me to eat a whole spoon of cinnamon, its just spice right 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 spoon spoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 cinnamon cinnamon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 spice spice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 15 right right ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dare** | past | they | me | | | | cinnamon's spice *obl*; right *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | a whole spoon of cinnamon | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoon=Patient | 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} Yes, if you drink water at the same time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t14:o1:1 # text = Yes, if you drink water at the same time 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 drink drink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | present | you | water | | | time | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, it can choke you; say no thanks ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t14:o2:1 # text = No, it can choke you; say no thanks 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 choke choke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choke** | can | it | | you | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | no thanks | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, everyone else did it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t14:o3:1 # text = Yes, everyone else did it 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 nsubj _ _ 4 else else ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | everyone | it | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, it's only a spice ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t14:o4:1 # text = Yes, it's only a spice 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spice spice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a spice | | | | | tree rules | **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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