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title: In a netball match a girl pretends she was pushed so her team gets a… — Why people lie, harmful lies and cheat… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a netball match a girl pretends she was pushed so her team gets a penalty. Which is TRUE? Test 7 · ★ 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 each op
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# Test 7 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

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In a netball match a girl pretends she was pushed so her team gets a penalty. Which is TRUE?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, team · **What happens:** pretend, push, get, be · **To what, where:** netball match, girl, penalty

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a netball match a girl pretends she was pushed so her team gets a penalty.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t7:1
# text = In a netball match a girl pretends she was pushed so her team gets a penalty.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	netball	netball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pretends	pretend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | present | a girl |  |  | a netball match |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **push** | past · passive |  | girl |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | present | girl's team | a penalty |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer penalty=Stimulus |

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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:* Which is TRUE?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t7:2
# text = Which is TRUE?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is fine when the score is close

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t7:o1:1
# text = It is fine when the score is close
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	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the score |  |  |  |  | close *property* | tree rules |

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

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Faking a foul is cheating, even if the referee is fooled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t7:o2:1
# text = Faking a foul is cheating, even if the referee is fooled
1	Faking	fake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	foul	foul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cheating	cheat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	fooled	fool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | gerund |  | a foul |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foul=Patient |
| 2 | **cheat** | present · progressive | Faking |  |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fool** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | the referee |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is smart play and part of the game, as long as the referee doesn't spot it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t7:o3:1
# text = It is smart play and part of the game, as long as the referee doesn't spot it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	as	as	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	spot	spot	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | smart play and part of the game |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **spot** | present · do-support | the referee | game |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is only cheating in a final

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks:t7:o4:1
# text = It is only cheating in a final
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	cheating	cheat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	final	final	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** | present · progressive | It |  |  | a final |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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