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title: Your friend says «checking means you don't trust people, it's rude».… — The check that settles it · tree and pragmatics
description: Your friend says «checking means you don't trust people, it's rude». What's a good reply? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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 right.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · The check that settles it

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Your friend says «checking means you don't trust people, it's rude». What's a good reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, you · **What happens:** say, check, mean, not trust, be · **To what, where:** people, good reply · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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/451-the-check-that-settles-it/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your friend says «checking means you don't trust people, it's rude».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t8:1
# text = Your friend says «checking means you don't trust people, it's rude».
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	nsubj	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	trust	trust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **check** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **not** **trust** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | people |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | friend |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

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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 good reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t8:2
# text = What's a good reply?
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	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 a** | present |  | a good reply |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only check strangers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t8:o1:1
# text = Only check strangers
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | strangers |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, never check anything, because checking is rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, never check anything, because checking is rude
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Checking calmly helps honest people too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t8:o3:1
# text = Checking calmly helps honest people too
1	Checking	check	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | calmly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **help** | present | Checking |  | honest people |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only check grown-ups

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t8:o4:1
# text = Only check grown-ups
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | grown ups |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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