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title: Lucy: «I won the dance comp!» — she came fifth. Why is the truth bra… — The friend with a PS6 · tree and pragmatics
description: Lucy: «I won the dance comp!» — she came fifth. Why is the truth braver? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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 7 · ★ · The friend with a PS6

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Lucy: «I won the dance comp!» — she came fifth. Why is the truth braver?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lucy, truth · **What happens:** win, come, be · **To what, where:** dance comp

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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/434-the-friend-with-a-ps6/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucy: «I won the dance comp!» — she came fifth.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t7:1
# text = Lucy: «I won the dance comp!» — she came fifth.
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	comp	comp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
11	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	fifth	fifth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** *in a quote* | past | Lucy | the dance comp |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comp=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come** | past | Lucy |  |  |  |  | fifth *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:* Why is the truth braver?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t7:2
# text = Why is the truth braver?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	braver	brave	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nobody ever checks results

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t7:o1:1
# text = Nobody ever checks results
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
3	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present | Nobody | results |  |  | ever |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme |

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

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Admitting a real result takes more courage than a fake first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t7:o2:1
# text = Admitting a real result takes more courage than a fake first
1	Admitting	admit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fake	fake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | gerund |  | a real result |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | present | Admitting | more courage |  |  |  | than a fake; first *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fifth is really the same as first in dance competitions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t7:o3:1
# text = Fifth is really the same as first in dance competitions
1	Fifth	fifth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	competitions	competition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Fifth |  |  | dance competitions |  | same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Fake wins feel just as good as real ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t7:o4:1
# text = Fake wins feel just as good as real ones
1	Fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wins	win	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | Fake wins |  |  |  |  | as real ones; good *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent as one=Theme |

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