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# Test 13 · ★ · Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and te…

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did u hear a kid kept faking stomach aches and when "his appendix actually went, his mum thought he was faking". lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, kid, appendix, mum · **What happens:** hear, keep, fake, go, think · **To what, where:** lesson, stomach aches · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 333 «Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and tests, jokes and teasing» 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/333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t13:1
# text = did u hear a kid kept faking stomach aches and when "his appendix actually went, his mum thought he was faking". lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	aches	ache	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	appendix	appendix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | lesson |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **keep** | past | a kid |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fake** | gerund | a kid *not said here* | stomach aches |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ache=Patient |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | past | kid's appendix |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | kid's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 6 | **fake** *in a quote* | past · progressive | appendix |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Stomach aches are never real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t13:o1:1
# text = Stomach aches are never real
1	Stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	aches	ache	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Stomach aches |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

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

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False alarms make it harder to be believed later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t13:o2:1
# 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 3 {#o3}

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Faking is fine if you're bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t13:o3:1
# text = Faking is fine if you're bored
1	Faking	fake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
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	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Mums always know the truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t13:o4:1
# text = Mums always know the truth
1	Mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | Mums | the truth |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus |

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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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