--- title: What is TRUE about curiosity? — Interrupting, boasting, your own story… · tree and pragmatics description: What is TRUE about curiosity? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 320 «Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money/t9/) [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/) / [Interrupting, boasting, your own story…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a… What is TRUE about curiosity? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 320 «Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity» 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/320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t9:1 # text = What is TRUE about curiosity? 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 cop _ _ 3 TRUE true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | about curiosity; true *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} It is rude to ask why ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t9:o1:1 # text = It is rude to ask why 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 csubj _ _ 6 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | rude *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It helps you learn ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t9:o2:1 # text = It helps you learn 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | It | you | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **learn** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Clever people never need to ask questions ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t9:o3:1 # text = Clever people never need to ask questions 1 Clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | present | Clever people | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Clever people *not said here* | questions | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It only matters at school ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t9:o4:1 # text = It only matters at school 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **matter** | present | It | | | school | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **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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