--- title: Oscar's friend: "Weird or not, it's a dog and it's up a tree. Your r… — One counterexample is enough · tree and pragmatics description: Oscar's friend: "Weird or not, it's a dog and it's up a tree. Your rule fell out of the tree." What did Oscar do wrong? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 187 «One counterexample is enough» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/187-one-counterexample-is-enough/t7/) [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/) / [One counterexample is enough](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/187-one-counterexample-is-enough/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · One counterexample is enough Oscar's friend: "Weird or not, it's a dog and it's up a tree. Your rule fell out of the tree." What did Oscar do wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Weird, rule, Your, Oscar · **What happens:** be, fall, rule, do · **To what, where:** dog, tree This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 187 «One counterexample is enough» 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/187-one-counterexample-is-enough/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Oscar's friend: "Weird or not, it's a dog and it's up a tree. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t7:1 # text = Oscar's friend: "Weird or not, it's a dog and it's up a tree. 1 Oscar Oscar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Weird weird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 up up ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Weird | a dog | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Weird | | | | | up a tree | 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. *Sentence 2:* Your rule fell out of the tree." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t7:2 # text = Your rule fell out of the tree." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | Your rule | | | the tree | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out tree=Location | | 2 | **rule** | | Your | | | | | | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | *Sentence 3:* What did Oscar do wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t7:3 # text = What did Oscar do wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Oscar Oscar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Oscar | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He brushed off the counterexample as "weird" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t7:o1:1 # text = He brushed off the counterexample as "weird" 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 brushed brush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 counterexample counterexample NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **brush off** | past | He | the counterexample | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent counterexample=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He refused to watch the video ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t7:o2:1 # text = He refused to watch the video 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 video video NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | He | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **watch** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the video | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent video=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He said most dogs can't climb ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t7:o3:1 # text = He said most dogs can't climb 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **climb** | can | most dogs | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He counted the dog's legs wrongly in the video ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t7:o4:1 # text = He counted the dog's legs wrongly in the video 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 counted count VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 7 wrongly wrongly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 video video NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | past | He | the dog's legs | | the video | | wrongly *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme | **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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