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title: "Oi, your hat's well cringe, mate, everyone's laughing," Ollie shout… — Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice · tree and pragmatics
description: "Oi, your hat's well cringe, mate, everyone's laughing," Ollie shouts across the yard. What did he do wrong? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 84 «Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice

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"Oi, your hat's well cringe, mate, everyone's laughing," Ollie shouts across the yard. What did he do wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hat, everyone, Ollie · **What happens:** be, laugh, shout, do · **To what, where:** well cringe · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 84 «Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice» 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/84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Oi, your hat's well cringe, mate, everyone's laughing," Ollie shouts across the yard.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice:t2:1
# text = "Oi, your hat's well cringe, mate, everyone's laughing," Ollie shouts across the yard.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	well	well	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	_
17	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
19	across	across	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | your hat | well cringe and mate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** *in a quote* | present · progressive | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | Ollie |  |  |  |  | across the yard | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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 did he do wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice:t2:2
# text = What did he do wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Ollie |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He told the truth in public and harshly instead of privately and kindly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice:t2:o1:1
# text = He told the truth in public and harshly instead of privately and kindly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	harshly	harshly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	privately	privately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | He | the truth |  | public |  | privately *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing; shouting the truth is the kindest way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice:t2:o2:1
# text = Nothing; shouting the truth is the kindest way
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	kindest	kind	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | Nothing *not said here* | the truth |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Nothing | the kindest way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He should have lied and said the hat was cool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice:t2:o3:1
# text = He should have lied and said the hat was cool
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	lied	lie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | should · perfect | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | the hat |  |  |  |  | cool *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He should have told the teacher about the hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice:t2:o4:1
# text = He should have told the teacher about the hat
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should · perfect | He |  | the teacher |  |  | about the hat | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient about hat=Topic |

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