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description: Amira's brother: "You played Roblox all week and passed. The test passed you, not the other way round." What is he pointing out? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 184 «"If... then..." and its traps» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 8 · ★★ · "If... then..." and its traps

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Amira's brother: "You played Roblox all week and passed. The test passed you, not the other way round." What is he pointing out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, test · **What happens:** play, pass, point out · **To what, where:** Roblox, you

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Amira's brother: "You played Roblox all week and passed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t8:1
# text = Amira's brother: "You played Roblox all week and passed.
1	Amira	Amira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Roblox	Roblox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** *in a quote* | past | Amira's brother | Roblox |  |  | week |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roblox=Theme |
| 2 | **pass** *in a quote* | participle | Amira's brother *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* The test passed you, not the other way round."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t8:2
# text = The test passed you, not the other way round."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
10	round	round	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past | the test | you |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Trajectory |

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*Sentence 3:* What is he pointing out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t8:3
# text = What is he pointing out?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point out** | present · progressive | test |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Passing doesn't prove studying; the test was easy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t8:o1:1
# text = Passing doesn't prove studying; the test was easy
1	Passing	passing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	studying	study	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **prove** | present · do-support | Passing |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **study** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | the test |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No test can ever be easy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t8:o2:1
# text = No test can ever be easy
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | no test |  |  |  | ever | easy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Playing games all week is what makes you pass tests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t8:o3:1
# text = Playing games all week is what makes you pass tests
1	Playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  | games |  |  | week |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | make *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **pass** | infinitive |  | tests |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme test=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Amira must have studied in secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t8:o4:1
# text = Amira must have studied in secret
1	Amira	Amira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	studied	study	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | must · perfect | Amira |  |  | secret |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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