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description: Check the claim: "Thinking positive means pretending nothing bad happened." Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★

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Check the claim: "Thinking positive means pretending nothing bad happened."

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Thinking, nothing · **What happens:** check, think, mean, pretend, happen · **To what, where:** claim · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★» 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/32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:t7:1
# text = Check the claim: "Thinking positive means pretending nothing bad happened."
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj	_	_
7	positive	positive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	ccomp	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	nsubj	_	_
11	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | the claim |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | positive *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Thinking |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **pretend** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **happen** *in a quote* | past | nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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True: you must smile and look happy whatever happens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:t7:o1:1
# text = True: you must smile and look happy whatever happens
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	smile	smile	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smile** | must | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **happen** | present | whatever |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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False: you can be sad and still see the true size of things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:t7:o2:1
# text = False: you can be sad and still see the true size of things
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | you |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the true size of things |  |  | still |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer size=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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False, because thinking positive is always bad for you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:t7:o3:1
# text = False, because thinking positive is always bad for you
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj	_	_
5	positive	positive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | positive *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | thinking |  |  |  |  | for you; always, bad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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True, but only when you are at school with friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:t7:o4:1
# text = True, but only when you are at school with friends
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | you |  |  | school |  | with friends | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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