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title: The class all say "no" when Mrs Okafor asks if the lesson was boring… — White lies: the ugly jumper and the ba… · tree and pragmatics
description: The class all say "no" when Mrs Okafor asks if the lesson was boring. What would happen if nobody ever told her the truth? Test 3 of lesson 83 «White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 3 · White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing

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The class all say "no" when Mrs Okafor asks if the lesson was boring. What would happen if nobody ever told her the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** class, Mrs, lesson, nobody · **What happens:** say, ask, be, happen, tell · **To what, where:** no, truth, Mrs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 83 «White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing» 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/83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The class all say "no" when Mrs Okafor asks if the lesson was boring.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:t3:1
# text = The class all say "no" when Mrs Okafor asks if the lesson was boring.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	no	no	NOUN	NN	_	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	Okafor	Okafor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
11	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the class | no |  |  |  | all *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Mrs |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the lesson |  |  |  |  | boring *property* | tree rules |

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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:* What would happen if nobody ever told her the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:t3:2
# text = What would happen if nobody ever told her the truth?
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	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | nobody | the truth | Mrs |  | ever |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient truth=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She would get much better at teaching all by herself, because teachers always know what works

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:t3:o1:1
# text = She would get much better at teaching all by herself, because teachers always know what works
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	teaching	teach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
14	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	15	advmod	_	_
15	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
17	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | She |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | gerund | She *not said here* | all |  |  |  | by herself *= she* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent all=Recipient |
| 3 | **know** | present | teachers |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **work** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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She would keep teaching the same boring way and never improve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:t3:o2:1
# text = She would keep teaching the same boring way and never improve
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	teaching	teach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	improve	improve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | would | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | gerund | She *not said here* | the same boring way |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **improve** | infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The class would get a reward for being polite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:t3:o3:1
# text = The class would get a reward for being polite
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | the class | a reward |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reward=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She would know anyway, so nothing would change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:t3:o4:1
# text = She would know anyway, so nothing would change
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | would | She |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **change** | would | nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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