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title: Zoe says being ready to be wrong is lowkey weird for science. Why is… — Learning through the ages: schools, un… · tree and pragmatics
description: Zoe says being ready to be wrong is lowkey weird for science. Why is it the point? Test 10 of lesson 64 «Learning through the ages: schools, universities, libraries and science» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 10 · Learning through the ages: schools, universities, librarie…

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Zoe says being ready to be wrong is lowkey weird for science. Why is it the point?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Zoe, science · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** point · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 64 «Learning through the ages: schools, universities, libraries and science» of the history 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/history/64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zoe says being ready to be wrong is lowkey weird for science.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:t10:1
# text = Zoe says being ready to be wrong is lowkey weird for science.
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Zoe |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for science; weird *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:* Why is it the point?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:t10:2
# text = Why is it the point?
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	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	point	point	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 | science | the point |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Testing and correcting ideas finds better answers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:t10:o1:1
# text = Testing and correcting ideas finds better answers
1	Testing	testing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	correcting	correct	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | gerund | Testing *not said here* | ideas |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent idea=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | present | Testing | better answers |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Being wrong is never useful, so it should be hidden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:t10:o2:1
# text = Being wrong is never useful, so it should be hidden
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | useful *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hide** | should · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Science is just a long list of facts to learn by heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:t10:o3:1
# text = Science is just a long list of facts to learn by heart
1	Science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Science | a long list |  |  |  | of facts | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive | Science *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by heart | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Scientists never change their minds once they decide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:64-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science:t10:o4:1
# text = Scientists never change their minds once they decide
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	minds	mind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | present | Scientists | Scientists's minds |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient |
| 2 | **decide** | present | Scientists *= scientist* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mind** |  | Scientists *= scientist* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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