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title: Which is true? — Strangers and tricky people · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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 · ★★ · Strangers and tricky people

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Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t7:1
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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All strangers are dangerous and must never be spoken to, even when you are lost or hurt

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t7:o1:1
# text = All strangers are dangerous and must never be spoken to, even when you are lost or hurt
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	16	mark	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all strangers |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | must · passive | all strangers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V» |
| 3 | **lose** | present · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 4 | **hurt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only men can be tricky people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t7:o2:1
# text = Only men can be tricky people
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	tricky	tricky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | men | tricky people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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People you know are always safe to go with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t7:o3:1
# text = People you know are always safe to go with
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | you | People *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | People |  |  |  |  | always, safe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Most strangers are kind, but you still check first before going with anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t7:o4:1
# text = Most strangers are kind, but you still check first before going with anyone
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Most strangers |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | present | you |  |  |  | still | first *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with anyone | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with anyone=Beneficiary |

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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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