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title: Mila: «I swear I swam with dolphins!!» Friends: «you said you met a… — Boasting cousins and made-up holidays · tree and pragmatics
description: Mila: «I swear I swam with dolphins!!» Friends: «you said you met a mermaid last year». What's the lesson? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Boasting cousins and made-up holidays

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Mila: «I swear I swam with dolphins!!» Friends: «you said you met a mermaid last year». What's the lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Friends, you, lesson · **What happens:** swear, swim, say, meet, be · **To what, where:** mermaid · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mila: «I swear I swam with dolphins!!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:t5:1
# text = Mila: «I swear I swam with dolphins!!»
1	Mila	Mila	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	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	swear	swear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dolphins	dolphin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **swim** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  | with dolphins | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with dolphin=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:* Friends: «you said you met a mermaid last year».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:t5:2
# text = Friends: «you said you met a mermaid last year».
1	Friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Friends |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **meet** *in a quote* | past | you | a mermaid |  |  | year |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mermaid=Co-Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the lesson?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:t5:3
# text = What's the lesson?
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	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 lesson |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Never tell anyone any holiday stories at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:t5:o1:1
# text = Never tell anyone any holiday stories at all
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | any holiday stories | anyone | all |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient story=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dolphins are fake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:t5:o2:1
# text = Dolphins are fake
1	Dolphins	dolphin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Every lie spends trust you need later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:t5:o3:1
# text = Every lie spends trust you need later
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spends	spend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | present | every lie | trust |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Asset |
| 2 | **need** | present | you |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mermaids are real after all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:t5:o4:1
# text = Mermaids are real after all
1	Mermaids	mermaid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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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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