Test 7 · ★★ · When someone else takes your punishment

Kid: «my mate took the blame and didn't mind, so it's fine». What is wrong with that?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: take, not mind, be · To what, where: blame

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 345 «When someone else takes your punishment» 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

Sentence 1: Kid: «my mate took the blame and didn't mind, so it's fine».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 took	parataxis
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Kid	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 took	punct
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mate	nmod:poss
5	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 took	nsubj
6	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blame	det
8	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 took	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 mind	cc
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 mind	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 mind	advmod
12	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 took	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fine	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 fine	advmod
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 fine	expl
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 fine	cop
17	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 took	conj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 fine	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take in a quote	past	my mate	the blame		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent blame=Theme clause=Attribute
2	not mind in a quote	past · do-support	my mate not said here			vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is in a quote	present	my mate not said here		fine property	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: What is wrong with that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 that	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wrong	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with that; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

He was still punished for nothing; it's still on you to own up

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 punished	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 punished	aux:pass
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 punished	advmod
4	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 nothing	case
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 punished	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 you	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 you	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 you	cop
10	still	still	ADV	_	12 you	advmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 you	case
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 punished	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 own	mark
14	own	own	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 punished	advcl
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 own	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	punish	past · passive		He	still	for nothing	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for nothing=Theme
2	is	present	it		still	on you	tree rules
3	own up	to-infinitive					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Friends always take blame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 take	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 take	advmod
3	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Friends	blame				always property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blame=Theme

Option 3

It's his choice to take it, so there's no wrong in it, he's a good mate

The tree, 19 words

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	4 choice	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 choice	cop
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 choice	nmod:poss
4	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 choice	acl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 take	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 's	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 's	advmod
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 's	expl
11	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 choice	parataxis
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 wrong	det
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 's	nsubj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 's	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 mate	punct
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 mate	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 mate	cop
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 mate	det
20	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 mate	amod
21	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 choice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	It	his choice and a good mate		tree rules
2	take	to-infinitive		it		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	be	present	no wrong		it; there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Location
4	is a	present	he	a good mate		tree rules

Option 4

It's fine if he doesn't mind

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	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 mind	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 mind	nsubj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 mind	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 mind	advmod
8	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	not mind a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	he						vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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