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title: In a film, a kid forges a parent's signature and is never caught. Wh… — The forged signature and how it always… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, a kid forges a parent's signature and is never caught. What is closer to real life? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 429 «The forged signature and how it always ends» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 11 · ★★ · The forged signature and how it always ends

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In a film, a kid forges a parent's signature and is never caught. What is closer to real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid, parent · **What happens:** forge, not catch, sign, be · **To what, where:** signature, film

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 429 «The forged signature and how it always ends» 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/429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, a kid forges a parent's signature and is never caught.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t11:1
# text = In a film, a kid forges a parent's signature and is never caught.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	forges	forge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	signature	signature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forge** | present | a kid | a parent's signature |  | a film |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent signature=Theme in film=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **catch** | present · passive | a kid *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **sign** |  | a parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom signature «communication transitive»: poss=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is closer to real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t11:2
# text = What is closer to real life?
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	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to real life; close *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Forgery is allowed for children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t11:o1:1
# text = Forgery is allowed for children
1	Forgery	forgery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present · passive |  | Forgery |  |  |  | for children *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme for child=Goal |

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

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Schools phone parents and the forgery is usually found

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t11:o2:1
# text = Schools phone parents and the forgery is usually found
1	Schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	phone	phone	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	forgery	forgery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **phone** | present | Schools |  | parents |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
| 2 | **find** | present · passive |  | the forgery |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Teachers can't tell one person's writing from another's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t11:o3:1
# text = Teachers can't tell one person's writing from another's
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | Teachers | one person's writing |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent writing=Recipient another=Topic |
| 2 | **write** |  | one person |  |  |  |  |  | nom writing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Signatures are never checked by anyone anywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t11:o4:1
# text = Signatures are never checked by anyone anywhere
1	Signatures	signature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl:agent	_	_
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **check** | present · passive | anyone | Signatures |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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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