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title: «just say ur leg hurts, you'll come last anyway». What is the wise a… — Cheating in games and sports · tree and pragmatics
description: «just say ur leg hurts, you'll come last anyway». What is the wise answer? Test 11 of lesson 341 «Cheating in games and sports» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · Cheating in games and sports

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«just say ur leg hurts, you'll come last anyway». What is the wise answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, leg, wise answer · **What happens:** say, hurt, come, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 341 «Cheating in games and sports» 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/341-cheating-in-games-and-sports/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «just say ur leg hurts, you'll come last anyway».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t11:1
# text = «just say ur leg hurts, you'll come last anyway».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
11	last	last	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hurt** *in a quote* | present | ur's leg |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **come** *in a quote* | future | you |  |  |  |  | anyway, last *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 wise answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t11:2
# text = What is the wise answer?
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	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 wise answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Okay, a sore leg is a good excuse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t11:o1:1
# text = Okay, a sore leg is a good excuse
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a sore leg | a good excuse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Run anyway; last after trying beats faking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t11:o2:1
# text = Run anyway; last after trying beats faking
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	last	last	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	beats	beat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | anyway, last *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | you *not said here* | beats |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beat=Eventuality |
| 3 | **fake** | gerund | beats *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Say your arm hurts instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t11:o3:1
# text = Say your arm hurts instead
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | your arm |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ask Mum for a note

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t11:o4:1
# text = Ask Mum for a note
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Mum |  |  | for a note | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient |

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