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title: Mia's brother: "Definitely, she said. Rolled six times, no six." Wha… — Sounds right, but is wrong · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia's brother: "Definitely, she said. Rolled six times, no six." What is the real lesson? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 183 «Sounds right, but is wrong» 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.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Sounds right, but is wrong

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Mia's brother: "Definitely, she said. Rolled six times, no six." What is the real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, real lesson · **What happens:** say, roll, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 183 «Sounds right, but is wrong» 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/183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia's brother: "Definitely, she said.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t8:1
# text = Mia's brother: "Definitely, she said.
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Mia's brother |  |  |  |  | definitely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Rolled six times, no six."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t8:2
# text = Rolled six times, no six."
1	Rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | participle |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the real lesson?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t8:3
# text = What is the real lesson?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the real lesson |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The dice must be broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t8:o1:1
# text = The dice must be broken
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dice	dice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | must · passive |  | the dice |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mia should have rolled faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t8:o2:1
# text = Mia should have rolled faster
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | should · perfect · passive |  | Mia |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A six must come by the sixth roll

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t8:o3:1
# text = A six must come by the sixth roll
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sixth	sixth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	roll	roll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | must | a six |  |  |  |  | by the sixth roll | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by roll=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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1 in 6 is a chance each roll, not a promise in 6 rolls

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t8:o4:1
# text = 1 in 6 is a chance each roll, not a promise in 6 rolls
1	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	roll	roll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	rolls	roll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | 1 in 6 | a chance and a promise in 6 rolls |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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