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title: "Shut up, whales are fish, everyone knows that," snaps Maddie. What… — Honest with yourself: admitting you we… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Shut up, whales are fish, everyone knows that," snaps Maddie. What does Proverbs 12:15 say? Test 2 of lesson 97 «Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 2 · Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong

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"Shut up, whales are fish, everyone knows that," snaps Maddie. What does Proverbs 12:15 say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Shut whales, everyone, Proverbs · **What happens:** shut up, be, know, snap, say · **To what, where:** fish, that, Maddie · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 97 «Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong» 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/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Shut up, whales are fish, everyone knows that," snaps Maddie.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t2:1
# text = "Shut up, whales are fish, everyone knows that," snaps Maddie.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Shut	shut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	nsubj	_	_
10	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
14	snaps	snap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
15	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Shut whales | fish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | everyone | that |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
| 4 | **snap** | present | everyone *not said here* | Maddie |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location maddie=Theme |

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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 does Proverbs 12:15 say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t2:2
# text = What does Proverbs 12:15 say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Proverbs	Proverb	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	12:15	12:15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | Proverbs |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The loudest person is always right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t2:o1:1
# text = The loudest person is always right
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the loudest person |  |  |  |  | always, right *property* | tree rules |

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

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The wise listen to advice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t2:o2:1
# text = The wise listen to advice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	listen	listen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | present | the wise |  |  |  |  | to advice | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to advice=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fools always win arguments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t2:o3:1
# text = Fools always win arguments
1	Fools	fool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	arguments	argument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present | Fools | arguments |  |  |  | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Never listen to your friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t2:o4:1
# text = Never listen to your friends
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	listen	listen	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **listen** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to your friends | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to friend=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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