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title: Jack moans, "Freya told Miss that Ollie was pushing the little kids.… — Dilemmas about truth and friendship · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack moans, "Freya told Miss that Ollie was pushing the little kids. Total snitch." Is Jack right? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 41 «Dilemmas about truth and friendship» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Dilemmas about truth and friendship

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Jack moans, "Freya told Miss that Ollie was pushing the little kids. Total snitch." Is Jack right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jack, Freya, Miss · **What happens:** moan, tell, push, be · **To what, where:** Miss, little kids · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 41 «Dilemmas about truth and friendship» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jack moans, "Freya told Miss that Ollie was pushing the little kids.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship:t5:1
# text = Jack moans, "Freya told Miss that Ollie was pushing the little kids.
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moans	moan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Freya	Freya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	Miss	miss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **moan** | present | Jack |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Freya |  | Miss |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent miss=Recipient |
| 3 | **push** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Miss | the little kids |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Total snitch."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship:t5:2
# text = Total snitch."
1	Total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	snitch	snitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* Is Jack right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship:t5:3
# text = Is Jack right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Jack |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, but only because Freya is the teacher's favourite anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship:t5:o1:1
# text = No, but only because Freya is the teacher's favourite anyway
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	Freya	Freya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Freya |  |  |  |  | 's the teacher | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, because Freya only did it to get Ollie into trouble for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, because Freya only did it to get Ollie into trouble for fun
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	Freya	Freya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support |  | Ollie |  | trouble for fun |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ollie=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, Freya reported harm to protect the little ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship:t5:o3:1
# text = No, Freya reported harm to protect the little ones
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Freya	Freya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reported	report	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | past | Freya | harm |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent harm=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | Freya *not said here* | the little ones |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, telling a teacher about anything always makes you a snitch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, telling a teacher about anything always makes you a snitch
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	snitch	snitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | a teacher |  |  | about anything | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient about anything=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | present | telling | a snitch | you |  |  | always *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary snitch=Product |

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