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title: What would have happened if Freddie's friend had really taken the ro… — Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have happened if Freddie's friend had really taken the roof dare? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» 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 wr
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# Test 7 · ★ · Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel

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What would have happened if Freddie's friend had really taken the roof dare?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** happen, take · **To what, where:** roof dare

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» 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/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t7:1
# text = What would have happened if Freddie's friend had really taken the roof dare?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	Freddie	Freddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	dare	dare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Freddie's friend | the roof dare |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dare=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He would have floated down safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t7:o1:1
# text = He would have floated down safely
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	floated	float	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float down** | would · perfect | He |  |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, because roofs are low

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t7:o2:1
# text = Nothing, because roofs are low
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	roofs	roof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | roofs |  |  |  |  | low *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He would have proved gravity is fake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t7:o3:1
# text = He would have proved gravity is fake
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	proved	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	gravity	gravity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | would · perfect | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | gravity |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | tree rules |

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

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He could have been badly hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t7:o4:1
# text = He could have been badly hurt
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	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 | **hurt** | could · perfect · passive |  | He |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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