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title: Arjun's parents said no to the trip. What's a better move than fakin… — The forged signature and how it always… · tree and pragmatics
description: Arjun's parents said no to the trip. What's a better move than faking a slip? Test 8 · ★★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · The forged signature and how it always ends

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Arjun's parents said no to the trip. What's a better move than faking a slip?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parents, better move · **What happens:** say, be, fake · **To what, where:** no, trip, better move, slip · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Arjun's parents said no to the trip.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t8:1
# text = Arjun's parents said no to the trip.
1	Arjun	Arjun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Arjun's parents | no | the trip |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to trip=Recipient |

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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's a better move than faking a slip?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t8:2
# text = What's a better move than faking a slip?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	slip	slip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a better move |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fake** | gerund | a better move *not said here* | a slip |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slip=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ask a friend's parent to sign it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t8:o1:1
# text = Ask a friend's parent to sign it
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	sign	sign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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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* |  | a friend's parent |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sign** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | parent |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Go on the trip without telling anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t8:o2:1
# text = Go on the trip without telling anyone
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the trip |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on trip=Location |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* |  | anyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Forge the slip again but with neater writing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t8:o3:1
# text = Forge the slip again but with neater writing
1	Forge	forge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	slip	slip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	neater	neat	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forge** | imperative | you *not said here* | the slip |  |  | again |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slip=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Ask why, and try asking again honestly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends:t8:o4:1
# text = Ask why, and try asking again honestly
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	try	try	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **try** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again | honestly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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