--- title: Your friend shows you an encyclopaedia: whales are mammals. What's t… — I was wrong: changing your mind · tree and pragmatics description: Your friend shows you an encyclopaedia: whales are mammals. What's the best reply? Test 4 · ★★★ 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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · I was wrong: changing your mind Your friend shows you an encyclopaedia: whales are mammals. What's the best reply? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, whales, best reply · **What happens:** show, be · **To what, where:** encyclopaedia, you, mammals This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your friend shows you an encyclopaedia: whales are mammals. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t4:1 # text = Your friend shows you an encyclopaedia: whales are mammals. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 encyclopaedia encyclopaedia NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 mammals mammal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | Your friend | a encyclopaedia | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient encyclopaedia=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | present | whales | mammals | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's the best reply? ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t4:2 # text = What's the best reply? 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 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the best reply | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Whales are fish on Tuesdays ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t4:o1:1 # text = Whales are fish on Tuesdays 1 Whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Tuesdays Tuesday PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Whales | fish | | | tuesday | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Oh, I didn't know that, thanks! ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t4:o2:1 # text = Oh, I didn't know that, thanks! 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} You only found that to show off ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t4:o3:1 # text = You only found that to show off 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | You | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **show off** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} That book is wrong, they swim ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t4:o4:1 # text = That book is wrong, they swim 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 swim swim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that book | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **swim** | present | they | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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