Test 7 · ★ · Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean

In a cartoon, a boy blames the dog for a broken vase and everyone laughs, the end. What's missing from real life?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, everyone · What happens: blame, break, laugh, be · To what, where: dog, cartoon, end, real life

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 16 «Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean» of the reflection 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: In a cartoon, a boy blames the dog for a broken vase and everyone laughs, the end.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blames	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blames	nsubj
7	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blames	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 vase	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 vase	det
12	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 vase	amod
13	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blames	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 laughs	cc
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 laughs	nsubj
16	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 blames	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 end	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 end	det
19	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 laughs	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 blames	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	blame	present	a boy	the dog	a cartoon	for a broken vase	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent dog=Theme for vase=Attribute
2	break	participle					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	laugh	present	everyone	the end			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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's missing from real life?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 missing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 missing	cop
3	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 life	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 life	amod
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 missing	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 missing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				real life		missing property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

In real life the guilt usually keeps nagging until he owns up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 life	case
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 life	amod
3	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 guilt	det
5	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	nsubj
6	usually	usually	ADV	_	7 keeps	advmod
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	nagging	nag	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keeps	xcomp
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 owns	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 owns	nsubj
11	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 keeps	advcl
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 owns	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the guilt	real life	usually property	tree rules
2	nag	gerund	the guilt not said here			vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	own up	present	guilt			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

Nothing; in real life blaming the dog makes the guilt vanish straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 makes	nsubj
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 life	case
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 life	amod
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	nmod
6	blaming	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Nothing	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blaming	obj
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 guilt	det
11	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	obj
12	vanish	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 makes	xcomp
13	straight	straight	ADV	_	14 away	advmod
14	away	away	ADV	_	12 vanish	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	blame	gerund		the dog		vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	make	present	Nothing	the guilt		tree rules
3	vanish	present	the guilt not said here		away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

In real life dogs can tell the parents what happened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 life	case
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 life	amod
3	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dogs	compound
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tell	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 tell	aux
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parents	det
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tell	obj
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 happened	nsubj
10	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	can	life dogs		the parents				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient clause=Topic
2	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

In real life vases never break, so it could not happen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	SCONJ	_	6 break	mark
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 vases	amod
3	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 vases	compound
4	vases	vas	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 break	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 break	advmod
6	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 happen	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 break	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 happen	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 happen	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 happen	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 happen	advmod
12	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not break	present	real life vases						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	not happen	could	it						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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