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title: Josh laughs, "Peter was just unlucky." What did Peter really learn? — Honest with yourself: admitting you we… · tree and pragmatics
description: Josh laughs, "Peter was just unlucky." What did Peter really learn? Test 9 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 choice was right.
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# Test 9 · Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong

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Josh laughs, "Peter was just unlucky." What did Peter really learn?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Josh, Peter · **What happens:** laugh, be, learn · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Josh laughs, "Peter was just unlucky."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t9:1
# text = Josh laughs, "Peter was just unlucky."
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | Josh |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Peter |  |  |  |  | unlucky *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 did Peter really learn?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t9:2
# text = What did Peter really learn?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	learn	learn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	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 | **learn** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing; he kept boasting afterwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t9:o1:1
# text = Nothing; he kept boasting afterwards
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	boasting	boast	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he | Nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **boast** *speech: other* | gerund | Nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | afterwards *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That he should never have followed Jesus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t9:o2:1
# text = That he should never have followed Jesus
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **follow** | should · perfect · passive |  | That |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme jesus=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That roosters are bad luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t9:o3:1
# text = That roosters are bad luck
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	roosters	rooster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that roosters | bad luck |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He wasn't as strong as he boasted; afterwards he was humble and was restored

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t9:o4:1
# text = He wasn't as strong as he boasted; afterwards he was humble and was restored
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	boasted	boast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
10	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	humble	humble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **boast** *speech: other* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | afterwards, humble *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **restore** | past · passive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)» |

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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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