--- title: Mum: "Your logic's perfect, Leo. Your dog's isn't. He barks at leave… — "If... then..." and its traps · tree and pragmatics description: Mum: "Your logic's perfect, Leo. Your dog's isn't. He barks at leaves." What made Leo's answer wrong? 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What made Leo's answer wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog, Leo · **What happens:** not be, bark, make, answer · **To what, where:** answer This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 184 «"If... then..." and its traps» 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/184-if-then-and-its-traps/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum: "Your logic's perfect, Leo. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t7:1 # text = Mum: "Your logic's perfect, Leo. 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 logic logic NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Your dog's isn't. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t7:2 # text = Your dog's isn't. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **be** | present | Your dog | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* He barks at leaves." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t7:3 # text = He barks at leaves." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 barks bark VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | present | dog | | | | | at leaves | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at leaf=Stimulus | *Sentence 4:* What made Leo's answer wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t7:4 # text = What made Leo's answer wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | Leo's answer | | | | wrong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material answer=Product | | 2 | **answer** | | Leo | | | | | | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A bad step in the reasoning ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t7:o1:1 # text = A bad step in the reasoning 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 reasoning reasoning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Opening the door too slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t7:o2:1 # text = Opening the door too slowly 1 Opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | gerund | | the door | | | | slowly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Leaves being hard to see ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t7:o3:1 # text = Leaves being hard to see 1 Leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 cop _ _ 3 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | Leaves | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Leaves *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A false starting rule ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t7:o4:1 # text = A false starting rule 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 starting starting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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