Test 7 · ★ · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

Which is the best reason to own up when you forget something?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: be, own up, forget · To what, where: best reason, something

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 reason	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 own	mark
7	own	own	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reason	acl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 own	compound:prt
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 forget	advmod
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 forget	nsubj
11	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 own	advcl
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 forget	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present		the best reason	tree rules
2	own up	to-infinitive			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	forget	present	you	something	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Teachers forget anything you own up to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 forget	nsubj
2	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 forget	obj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 own	nsubj
5	own	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 anything	acl:relcl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 own	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	2 forget	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present	Teachers	anything					tree rules
2	own up	present	you						vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

Owning up means you never get given that piece of work again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owning	own	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 means	csubj
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Owning	compound:prt
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 given	nsubj:pass
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 given	advmod
6	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 given	aux:pass
7	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 means	ccomp
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 piece	det
9	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 given	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 work	case
11	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 piece	nmod
12	again	again	ADV	_	7 given	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	own up	gerund				vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	mean	present	Owning			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not give	present · passive		you	again	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient piece=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Honesty keeps trust, and you can then fix it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fix	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fix	cc
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 fix	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fix	aux
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 fix	advmod
9	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 keeps	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fix	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Honesty	trust					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Theme
2	fix	can	you	trust			then		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

It means someone else gets the blame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 gets	nsubj
4	else	else	ADV	_	3 someone	advmod
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blame	det
7	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present	someone	the blame					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blame=Stimulus

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