--- title: You lose a sweets bet about goldfish but your friend says "keep them… — I was wrong: changing your mind · tree and pragmatics description: You lose a sweets bet about goldfish but your friend says "keep them". What does that show? Test 11 · ★★★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★★ · I was wrong: changing your mind You lose a sweets bet about goldfish but your friend says "keep them". What does that show? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, sweets, friend, that · **What happens:** lose, bet, say, keep, show · **To what, where:** sweets · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You lose a sweets bet about goldfish but your friend says "keep them". ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t11:1 # text = You lose a sweets bet about goldfish but your friend says "keep them". 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 bet bet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 goldfish goldfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bet** | present | a sweets | | | | | about goldfish | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | your friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive | | sweets *= sweet* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does that show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t11:2 # text = What does that show? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · do-support | that | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Your friend is kind, and you still offered fairly ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t11:o1:1 # text = Your friend is kind, and you still offered fairly 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and 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 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Your friend | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **offer** | past | you | | | | still | fairly *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} You actually won the bet ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t11:o2:1 # text = You actually won the bet 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 actually actually ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bet bet NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | You | the bet | | | | actually *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bet=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Bets about facts never really count, so nobody lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t11:o3:1 # text = Bets about facts never really count, so nobody lost 1 Bets bet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 about about ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **count** | infinitive | Bets about facts | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **lose** | past | nobody | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Goldfish really do forget ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t11:o4:1 # text = Goldfish really do forget 1 Goldfish goldfish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | present · do-support | Goldfish | | | | | | tree rules | **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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