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# Test 7 · ★★ · Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits

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Kai's brother: "If you don't say my song slaps, you're dead to me, bro." What's the honest, kind reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, my, honest kind reply · **What happens:** not say, be, slap · **To what, where:** song slaps, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 85 «Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits» 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/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai's brother: "If you don't say my song slaps, you're dead to me, bro."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits:t7:1
# text = Kai's brother: "If you don't say my song slaps, you're dead to me, bro."
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	slaps	slap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | my song slaps |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent slap=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  | me |  |  | bro *vocative*; dead *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **slap** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom slap «event 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's the honest, kind reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits:t7:2
# text = What's the honest, kind reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the honest kind reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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The chorus is catchy, the drums need work; I'll help you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits:t7:o1:1
# text = The chorus is catchy, the drums need work; I'll help you
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chorus	chorus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	catchy	catchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	drums	drum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the chorus |  |  |  |  | catchy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present | the drums | work |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot work=Theme |
| 3 | **help** | future | I |  | you |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It slaps, best song ever, bro, you'll be famous by next year and on the telly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits:t7:o2:1
# text = It slaps, best song ever, bro, you'll be famous by next year and on the telly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slaps	slap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slap** | present | It | best song and bro |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | future | you |  |  |  | year | famous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shut up, I'm not listening to your song

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits:t7:o3:1
# text = Shut up, I'm not listening to your song
1	Shut	shut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **listen** | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  | to your song | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to song=Theme |
| 3 | **sing** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's rubbish, give up music now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits:t7:o4:1
# text = It's rubbish, give up music now
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | rubbish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give up** | infinitive |  | music |  |  | now |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Source |

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