--- title: What would happen if nobody ever admitted being wrong? — I was wrong: changing your mind · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if nobody ever admitted being wrong? Test 5 · ★★★ 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★★ · I was wrong: changing your mind What would happen if nobody ever admitted being wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nobody · **What happens:** happen, admit, be This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t5:1 # text = What would happen if nobody ever admitted being wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 7 advmod _ _ 7 admitted admit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 9 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **admit** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | nobody | | | | ever | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | wrong *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Arguments would end sooner ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t5:o1:1 # text = Arguments would end sooner 1 Arguments argument NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | would | Arguments | | | | | soon *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Mistakes would spread and nobody would learn ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t5:o2:1 # text = Mistakes would spread and nobody would learn 1 Mistakes mistake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | would | Mistakes | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **learn** | would | nobody | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Everyone would always be right ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t5:o3:1 # text = Everyone would always be right 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | Everyone | | | | | always, right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Science would move faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t5:o4:1 # text = Science would move faster 1 Science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | would | Science | | | | | fast *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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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