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What is wrong when the excuse is made up? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, Excuses · **What happens:** say, not be, be, make up · **To what, where:** lies, reasons, excuse · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 98 «Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside» 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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your mate says, "Excuses aren't lies, they're just reasons." ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside:t1:1 # text = Your mate says, "Excuses aren't lies, they're just reasons." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Excuses excuse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Excuses | lies | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Excuses *= excuse* | reasons | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is wrong when the excuse is made up? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside:t1:2 # text = What is wrong when the excuse is made up? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make up** | present · passive | | the excuse | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing; all excuses are honest reasons ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside:t1:o1:1 # text = Nothing; all excuses are honest reasons 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 excuses excuse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | all excuses | honest reasons | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Excuses are fine if they're funny ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside:t1:o2:1 # text = Excuses are fine if they're funny 1 Excuses excuse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 csubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Excuses | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Excuses *= excuse* | | | | | funny *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A made-up excuse is a lie, and it stops you fixing the problem ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside:t1:o3:1 # text = A made-up excuse is a lie, and it stops you fixing the problem 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 up up NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 5 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 fixing fix VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **is a** | present | a made excuse | a lie | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stop** | present | excuse | you | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fix** | gerund | excuse *not said here* | the problem | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent problem=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Excuses are only lies if the teacher checks ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside:t1:o4:1 # text = Excuses are only lies if the teacher checks 1 Excuses excuse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 checks check VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Excuses | | | | | lie *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **check** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the teacher | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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. 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