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title: During a board game the banker «forgets» to pay you but always pays… — Why people lie, harmful lies and cheat… · tree and pragmatics
description: During a board game the banker «forgets» to pay you but always pays himself. What is going wrong? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 312 «Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 6 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

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During a board game the banker «forgets» to pay you but always pays himself. What is going wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** banker · **What happens:** forget, pay, go · **To what, where:** you, banker

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* During a board game the banker «forgets» to pay you but always pays himself.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t6:1
# text = During a board game the banker «forgets» to pay you but always pays himself.
1	During	during	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	banker	banker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	forgets	forget	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	15	advmod	_	_
15	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
16	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** *in a quote* | present | the banker |  |  |  | during a board game |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | to-infinitive | the banker *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Asset |
| 3 | **pay** | present | the banker *not said here* | banker |  |  |  | always *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Asset |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is going wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t6:2
# text = What is going wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is fair because he is the banker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t6:o1:1
# text = It is fair because he is the banker
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	banker	banker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | he | the banker |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The banker is allowed to keep extra

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t6:o2:1
# text = The banker is allowed to keep extra
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	banker	banker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present · passive |  | the banker |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the banker *not said here* |  |  |  |  | extra *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is simply better at the game and quicker at counting than you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t6:o3:1
# text = He is simply better at the game and quicker at counting than you
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	quicker	quick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
10	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  | the game |  | good, simply *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **count** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | than you | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He is not being honest with money he was trusted with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t6:o4:1
# text = He is not being honest with money he was trusted with
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | with money; honest *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **trust** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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