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title: Your friend asks, "Is my singing good?" before her talent show, and… — White lies: the ugly jumper and the ba… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your friend asks, "Is my singing good?" before her talent show, and you can't think of anything nice. What helps? Test 7 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 question and 
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# Test 7 · White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing

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Your friend asks, "Is my singing good?" before her talent show, and you can't think of anything nice. What helps?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, you · **What happens:** ask, sing, not think, show, help · **To what, where:** talent show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your friend asks, "Is my singing good?" before her talent show, and you can't think of anything nice.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:t7:1
# text = Your friend asks, "Is my singing good?" before her talent show, and you can't think of anything nice.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
12	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	talent	talent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
19	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	21	obl	_	_
24	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Your friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present · progressive | Your friend *= friend* |  |  | friend's talent show |  | good *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before show=Location |
| 3 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | can | you |  |  |  |  | of anything | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **show** |  | friend |  |  |  |  |  | nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 helps?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:t7:2
# text = What helps?
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Tell everyone else she can't sing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:t7:o1:1
# text = Tell everyone else she can't sing
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	iobj	_	_
3	else	else	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **sing** *speech: express* | can | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Tell her she's off key and should drop out tonight before she embarrasses herself

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:t7:o2:1
# text = Tell her she's off key and should drop out tonight before she embarrasses herself
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	drop	drop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	embarrasses	embarrass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
15	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | off key | tree rules |
| 3 | **drop out** | should | you *not said here* |  |  |  | tonight |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **embarrass** | present | she | herself *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Encourage her bravery and the bits that work; save advice for after

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:t7:o3:1
# text = Encourage her bravery and the bits that work; save advice for after
1	Encourage	encourage	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	bravery	bravery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	after	after	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **encourage** | imperative | you *not said here* | her bravery and the bits |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bravery=Theme |
| 2 | **work** | present | the bits |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **save** | infinitive | you *not said here* | advice |  |  |  | for after | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent advice=Theme for after=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Say she's the best singer in the country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:t7:o4:1
# text = Say she's the best singer in the country
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | she | the best singer |  | the country |  |  | tree rules |

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