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description: Emily: «I'll bring the dentist note tomorrow, promise». What's the wise thing at this point? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 430 «Lies that grow: one lie needs three more» 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 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Lies that grow: one lie needs three more

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Emily: «I'll bring the dentist note tomorrow, promise». What's the wise thing at this point?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, wise thing · **What happens:** bring, be · **To what, where:** dentist note

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 430 «Lies that grow: one lie needs three more» 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/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Emily: «I'll bring the dentist note tomorrow, promise».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t9:1
# text = Emily: «I'll bring the dentist note tomorrow, promise».
1	Emily	Emily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | future | I | the dentist note  tomorrow |  |  |  | Emily *vocative* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent note=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's the wise thing at this point?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t9:2
# text = What's the wise thing at this point?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	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 thing at this point |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Promise again for Thursday instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t9:o1:1
# text = Promise again for Thursday instead
1	Promise	promise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again; thursday | instead *property* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Say the dentist lost it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t9:o2:1
# text = Say the dentist lost it
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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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 | **lose** | past | the dentist | it |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Write her own note

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t9:o3:1
# text = Write her own note
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | her own note |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme |
| 2 | **note** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom note «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Stop and admit there's no note

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t9:o4:1
# text = Stop and admit there's no note
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	admit	admit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **be** | present | no note |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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