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# Test 18 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

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my cousin says a girl pretended to be hurt so often that "when she really broke her arm nobody came for 3 hours". what's the true bit

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, girl, nobody, true bit · **What happens:** say, pretend, hurt, break, come, be · **To what, where:** arm · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 312 «Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks» 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/312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t18:1
# text = my cousin says a girl pretended to be hurt so often that "when she really broke her arm nobody came for 3 hours". what's the true bit
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	ccomp	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	really	really	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	21	nsubj	_	_
21	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
24	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
27	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pretend** | past | a girl |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hurt** | to-infinitive · passive | a girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 4 | **break** *in a quote* | past | girl | girl's arm |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient |
| 5 | **come** *in a quote* | past | nobody | girl's arm *not said here* |  |  | hour |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location arm=Theme |
| 6 | **is a** | present | the true bit |  |  |  |  |  | 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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Doctors ignore every child's injury

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t18:o1:1
# text = Doctors ignore every child's injury
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ignore	ignore	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | present | Doctors | every child's injury |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=Theme |
| 2 | **injure** |  | every child |  |  |  |  |  | nom injury «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Arms never really break in play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t18:o2:1
# text = Arms never really break in play
1	Arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	break	break	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **break** | infinitive | Arms |  |  | play |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in play=Location |

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

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False alarms make it harder to be believed later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t18:o3:1
# text = False alarms make it harder to be believed later
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	alarms	alarm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | False alarms | it |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 2 | **believe** | to-infinitive · passive | False alarms *not said here* |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pretending to be hurt is harmless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t18:o4:1
# text = Pretending to be hurt is harmless
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 3 | **is** | present | Pretending |  |  |  |  | harmless *property* | tree rules |

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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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