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title: Alfie: "Nana, I put honey on my maths. Now it's sticky AND wrong." W… — "It worked once": one example is not all · tree and pragmatics
description: Alfie: "Nana, I put honey on my maths. Now it's sticky AND wrong." What trap is he laughing at? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 164 «"It worked once": one example is not all» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 8 · ★ · "It worked once": one example is not all

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Alfie: "Nana, I put honey on my maths. Now it's sticky AND wrong." What trap is he laughing at?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alfie, honey, trap · **What happens:** put, be, laugh · **To what, where:** honey, maths

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 164 «"It worked once": one example is not all» of the world 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/world/164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Alfie: "Nana, I put honey on my maths.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t8:1
# text = Alfie: "Nana, I put honey on my maths.
1	Alfie	Alfie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Nana	Nana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** *in a quote* | past | Alfie and Nana | honey |  | my maths |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent honey=Theme on math=Destination |

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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:* Now it's sticky AND wrong."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t8:2
# text = Now it's sticky AND wrong."
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	AND	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | honey |  |  |  | now | sticky *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | honey *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What trap is he laughing at?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t8:3
# text = What trap is he laughing at?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present · progressive | what trap |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Doing maths in the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t8:o1:1
# text = Doing maths in the kitchen
1	Doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | gerund |  | maths |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Eventuality |

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

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Stretching one success to everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t8:o2:1
# text = Stretching one success to everything
1	Stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | gerund |  | one success |  |  |  | to everything *result* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent success=Patient to everything=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Thinking honey helps coughs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t8:o3:1
# text = Thinking honey helps coughs
1	Thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	csubj	_	_
2	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	coughs	cough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund |  | honey |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot honey=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | present | Thinking | coughs |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cough=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Using too little honey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t8:o4:1
# text = Using too little honey
1	Using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund |  | little honey |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Patient |

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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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