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# Test 19 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

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kids say the boy who admitted being tagged "is a loser who always lets us down". pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids, boy, loser · **What happens:** say, admit, tag, be, let down, pass on · **To what, where:** loser, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t19:1
# text = kids say the boy who admitted being tagged "is a loser who always lets us down". pass it on?
1	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	admitted	admit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	tagged	tag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	ccomp	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	loser	loser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	15	advmod	_	_
15	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	down	down	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
20	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	on	on	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | past | the boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **tag** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination» |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the boy | a loser |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **let down** *in a quote* | present | a loser | us |  |  |  | always *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme |
| 6 | **pass on** | infinitive |  | loser |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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Yes, and leave him out next time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t19:o1:1
# text = Yes, and leave him out next time
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | time |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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

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No, he was honest; don't spread mean talk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t19:o2:1
# text = No, he was honest; don't spread mean talk
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **spread** | infinitive · do-support | he *not said here* | mean talk |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location talk=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, it's just true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, it's just true
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	true	true	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** | present | it |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, he lost it for the team

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, he lost it for the team
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | he | it |  |  |  | for the team | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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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