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title: Sister after blind man's buff: «you're peeking, I saw your head tip… — Cheating in games and sports · tree and pragmatics
description: Sister after blind man's buff: «you're peeking, I saw your head tip back!» What helps most? Test 8 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 right.
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# Test 8 · Cheating in games and sports

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Sister after blind man's buff: «you're peeking, I saw your head tip back!» What helps most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sister, I · **What happens:** peek, see, help · **To what, where:** head tip

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sister after blind man's buff: «you're peeking, I saw your head tip back!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t8:1
# text = Sister after blind man's buff: «you're peeking, I saw your head tip back!»
1	Sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	buff	buff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	peeking	peek	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
15	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	back	back	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peek** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Sister after blind man's buff |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **see** *in a quote* | past | I | your head tip |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tip=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:* What helps most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t8:2
# text = What helps most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Stop the game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t8:o1:1
# text = Stop the game
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | the game |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality game=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Say sorry and play with the blindfold properly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t8:o2:1
# text = Say sorry and play with the blindfold properly
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	blindfold	blindfold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the blindfold; properly *property* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with blindfold=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Peek less obviously next time, just a tiny gap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t8:o3:1
# text = Peek less obviously next time, just a tiny gap
1	Peek	peek	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
3	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peek** | imperative | you *not said here* | a tiny gap |  |  | time | obviously *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Say she's a liar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t8:o4:1
# text = Say she's a liar
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	liar	liar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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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 |
| 2 | **is a** | present | she | a liar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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