--- title: "I didn't want to say I was wrong cos everyone was watching" What's… — I was wrong: changing your mind · tree and pragmatics description: "I didn't want to say I was wrong cos everyone was watching" What's true? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 35 «I was wrong: changing your mind» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [I was wrong: changing your mind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★★ · I was wrong: changing your mind "I didn't want to say I was wrong cos everyone was watching" What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, everyone · **What happens:** not want, say, be, watch · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 35 «I was wrong: changing your mind» 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/35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t1:1 # text = "I didn't want to say I was wrong cos everyone was watching" What's true? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 11 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 16 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | past · do-support | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **watch** *in a quote* | past · progressive | everyone | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | 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} Being wrong means you're not clever ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t1:o1:1 # text = Being wrong means you're not clever 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 cop _ _ 2 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 csubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | you | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only babies feel embarrassed ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t1:o2:1 # text = Only babies feel embarrassed 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 embarrassed embarrassed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | babies | | | | | embarrassed *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Feeling embarrassed is normal, and it passes ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t1:o3:1 # text = Feeling embarrassed is normal, and it passes 1 Feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 embarrassed embarrassed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | gerund | | | | | | embarrassed *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | present | Feeling | | | | | normal *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **pass** | present | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} You should never admit it in front of people ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t1:o4:1 # text = You should never admit it in front of people 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 admit admit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **admit** *speech: other* | should | You | it | | front of people | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in front=Location | **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. 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