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title: A girl in Ireland calls 112 for a dare. What is the most important h… — Saying no honestly, harmful lies, chea… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Ireland calls 112 for a dare. What is the most important harm? Test 3 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 3 · ★ · Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and te…

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A girl in Ireland calls 112 for a dare. What is the most important harm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, important harm · **What happens:** call, be · **To what, where:** 112 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Ireland calls 112 for a dare.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t3:1
# text = A girl in Ireland calls 112 for a dare.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	112	112	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dare	dare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | a girl in Ireland | 112 |  |  |  | for a dare | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent 112=Theme for dare=Beneficiary |

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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 the most important harm?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t3:2
# text = What is the most important harm?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the important harm |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Her phone may stop working

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t3:o1:1
# text = Her phone may stop working
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | may | Her phone |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** | gerund | Her phone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nobody is harmed if it is short

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t3:o2:1
# text = Nobody is harmed if it is short
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	harmed	harm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harm** | present · passive |  | Nobody |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Someone in real danger may wait longer for help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t3:o3:1
# text = Someone in real danger may wait longer for help
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | may | Someone |  |  |  |  | for help; long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The operator's lunch is delayed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t3:o4:1
# text = The operator's lunch is delayed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	operator	operator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	delayed	delayed	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 | the operator's lunch |  |  |  |  | delayed *property* | tree rules |

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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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