--- title: What would happen if everybody followed the rule "do every dare or y… — Bets, dares and silly reasons · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if everybody followed the rule "do every dare or you're scared"? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly reasons» 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Bets, dares and silly reasons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Bets, dares and silly reasons What would happen if everybody followed the rule "do every dare or you're scared"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everybody, you · **What happens:** happen, follow, be · **To what, where:** rule This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly reasons» 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/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t11:1 # text = What would happen if everybody followed the rule "do every dare or you're scared"? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 6 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 dare dare NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **follow** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | everybody | the rule | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | scared *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Everyone would quickly become braver, and safer too, in the end ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t11:o1:1 # text = Everyone would quickly become braver, and safer too, in the end 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 braver brave ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 safer safe ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | Everyone | | | | | brave, quickly, safe *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nobody would ever get hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t11:o2:1 # text = Nobody would ever get hurt 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 4 get get AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | would · passive | | Nobody | | | ever | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Kids would end up doing dangerous things for no reason ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t11:o3:1 # text = Kids would end up doing dangerous things for no reason 1 Kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 6 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end up** | would | Kids | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | Kids *not said here* | dangerous things | | | | for no reason | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dares would stop being fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t11:o4:1 # text = Dares would stop being fun 1 Dares dare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 fun fun ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | Dares | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | gerund | Dares *not said here* | | | | | fun *property* | tree rules | **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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