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description: "ur WRONG goldfish forget everything in 3 seconds everyone knows that" What's true, said kindly? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Friends who cling to a legend» of the myths 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 1 · ★★ · Friends who cling to a legend

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"ur WRONG goldfish forget everything in 3 seconds everyone knows that" What's true, said kindly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** WRONG goldfish, everyone · **What happens:** forget, know, be, say · **To what, where:** everything, 3 seconds · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Friends who cling to a legend» of the myths 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/myths/31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t1:1
# text = "ur WRONG goldfish forget everything in 3 seconds everyone knows that" What's true, said kindly?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ur	ur	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	WRONG	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	ccomp	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
11	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
18	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** *in a quote* | present | WRONG goldfish | everything |  |  | second |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | everyone | 3 seconds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer second=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  | kindly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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They forget in one second, not three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t1:o1:1
# text = They forget in one second, not three
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | They |  |  |  | second |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shut up, goldfish don't have brains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t1:o2:1
# text = Shut up, goldfish don't have brains
1	Shut	shut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	brains	brain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | goldfish | brains |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient |

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

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They can actually remember for months; want to look it up?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t1:o3:1
# text = They can actually remember for months; want to look it up?
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | can | They |  |  |  | month | actually *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **want** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **look up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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You're right, three seconds exactly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t1:o4:1
# text = You're right, three seconds exactly
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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

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