--- title: A cartoon shows a boy who cries "Wolf!" and the villagers always run… — Why honesty matters: trust holds every… · tree and pragmatics description: A cartoon shows a boy who cries "Wolf!" and the villagers always run to help, laughing. What is wrong with it? 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What is wrong with it? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, boy, villagers · **What happens:** show, cry, run, help, laugh, be · **To what, where:** boy, Wolf This is test 5 of lesson 81 «Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together» 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/81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows a boy who cries "Wolf!" and the villagers always run to help, laughing. ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:t5:1 # text = A cartoon shows a boy who cries "Wolf!" and the villagers always run to help, laughing. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 villagers villager NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 15 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 16 advmod _ _ 16 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 laughing laugh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | | a boy | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | a boy | Wolf | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Topic | | 3 | **run** | present | the villagers | | | | | always *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **help** | to-infinitive | the villagers *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **laugh** | gerund | the villagers *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: 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:* What is wrong with it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:t5:2 # text = What is wrong with it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | with cartoon; wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The boy really cried "Bear!", not "Wolf!", in the fable ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:t5:o1:1 # text = The boy really cried "Bear!", not "Wolf!", in the fable 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fable fable NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the boy | Bear | | the fable | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing; that is exactly how the fable goes ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:t5:o2:1 # text = Nothing; that is exactly how the fable goes 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fable fable NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing | | | | | exactly, how *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | present | the fable | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} In the fable people stop believing him, so when the wolf comes nobody helps ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:t5:o3:1 # text = In the fable people stop believing him, so when the wolf comes nobody helps 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fable fable NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 believing believe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 14 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 13 obj _ _ 15 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | people | | | the fable | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **believe** | gerund | people *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | present | the wolf | nobody | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nobody=Theme | | 4 | **help** | present | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} In the fable the wolf is a friendly dog who just wants to play ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:t5:o4:1 # text = In the fable the wolf is a friendly dog who just wants to play 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fable fable NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the wolf | a friendly dog | | the fable | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | a friendly dog | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a friendly dog *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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