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title: You know the lightning fact and Ethan doesn't. What's the best way t… — Friends who cling to a legend · tree and pragmatics
description: You know the lightning fact and Ethan doesn't. What's the best way to share it? Test 3 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Friends who cling to a legend

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You know the lightning fact and Ethan doesn't. What's the best way to share it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, best way · **What happens:** know, be, share · **To what, where:** lightning fact, way

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You know the lightning fact and Ethan doesn't.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t3:1
# text = You know the lightning fact and Ethan doesn't.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | You | the lightning fact |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer fact=Stimulus |

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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 the best way to share it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t3:2
# text = What's the best way to share it?
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	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	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 best way |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** | to-infinitive | the best way *not said here* | way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Keep correcting him until he finally admits it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t3:o1:1
# text = Keep correcting him until he finally admits it
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	correcting	correct	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	admits	admit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | gerund | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 3 | **admit** *speech: other* | present | he | it |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Quietly, and offer to look it up together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t3:o2:1
# text = Quietly, and offer to look it up together
1	Quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	offer	offer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **look up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | together *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Shout "WRONG!" so everyone hears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t3:o3:1
# text = Shout "WRONG!" so everyone hears
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	WRONG	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | WRONG |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Topic |
| 2 | **hear** | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Laugh and tell the teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t3:o4:1
# text = Laugh and tell the teacher
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | the teacher |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

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