--- title: Oscar's big sister says, "The toilet ghost? Proper urban legend, our… — Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, s… · tree and pragmatics description: Oscar's big sister says, "The toilet ghost? Proper urban legend, our Oscar, someone made it up years back." What helps Oscar most? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 27 «Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and being sure but wrong» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/27-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong/t7/) [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/) / [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/) / [Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, s…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/27-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★★ · Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and bei… Oscar's big sister says, "The toilet ghost? Proper urban legend, our Oscar, someone made it up years back." What helps Oscar most? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** big sister, urban legend · **What happens:** say, make up, help · **To what, where:** ghost, Oscar · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 27 «Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and being sure but wrong» of the reflection 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/reflection/27-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Oscar's big sister says, "The toilet ghost? ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:27-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong:t7:1 # text = Oscar's big sister says, "The toilet ghost? 1 Oscar Oscar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 toilet toilet NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Oscar's big sister | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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:* Proper urban legend, our Oscar, someone made it up years back." ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:27-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong:t7:2 # text = Proper urban legend, our Oscar, someone made it up years back." 1 Proper properly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 urban urban ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 Oscar Oscar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 nsubj _ _ 9 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 12 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | past | urban legend our Oscar | ghost | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot | *Sentence 3:* What helps Oscar most? ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:27-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong:t7:3 # text = What helps Oscar most? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Oscar Oscar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | | | Oscar most | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oscar=Beneficiary | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Only going to the toilet in pairs forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:27-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong:t7:o1:1 # text = Only going to the toilet in pairs forever 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 toilet toilet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 pairs pair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 forever forever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | gerund | | | | pairs | | to the toilet; forever *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to toilet=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Knowing the story was made up ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:27-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong:t7:o2:1 # text = Knowing the story was made up 1 Knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | gerund | | the story | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 2 | **make up** | past · passive | Knowing | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP» | ### Option 3 {#o3} Making up a scarier story back ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:27-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong:t7:o3:1 # text = Making up a scarier story back 1 Making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 scarier scarey ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | gerund | | a scarier story | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot | ### Option 4 {#o4} Believing it a bit just in case ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:27-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong:t7:o4:1 # text = Believing it a bit just in case 1 Believing believe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | gerund | | it | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | **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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