Test 4 · ★ · Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go

Ava's thinking: "If I hide the report till the summer, it won't matter by then." What would really happen?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, it, Ava · What happens: hide, not matter, think, happen · To what, where: report

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 17 «Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go» 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: Ava's thinking: "If I hide the report till the summer, it won't matter by then."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 thinking	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ava	case
3	thinking	thinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 matter	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 matter	punct
6	If	if	SCONJ	_	8 hide	mark
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 hide	nsubj
8	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 matter	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 report	det
10	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hide	obj
11	till	till	ADP	_	13 summer	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 summer	det
13	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 report	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hide	punct
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 matter	nsubj
16	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 matter	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 matter	advmod
18	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 thinking	parataxis
19	by	by	ADP	_	20 then	case
20	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 matter	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 matter	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 matter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	hide a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	I	the report	till the summer	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Patient
2	not matter in a quote	future	it			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	think		Ava			nom thinking «cognition transitive»: poss=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 would really happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

The marks written on the report would slowly get better while it is hidden away

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 marks	det
2	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 get	nsubj
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 marks	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 report	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 report	det
6	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 written	obl
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 get	aux
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	9 get	advmod
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 get	xcomp
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 hidden	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hidden	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 hidden	aux:pass
14	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 get	advcl
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 hidden	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	write	participle		the marks not said here	the report		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on report=Destination
2	get	would	the marks			good, slowly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	hide away	present · passive		report		away property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Parents' evening would bring it out, and the hiding would make it worse

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 evening	nmod:poss
2	'	's	PART	_	1 Parents	case
3	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 bring	aux
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bring	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	5 bring	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 make	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 make	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hiding	det
11	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 make	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 make	aux
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bring	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 make	obj
15	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring out	would	Parents's evening	it					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	make	would	the hiding	it				bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 3

Teachers never mention reports, so nobody would know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mention	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 mention	advmod
3	mention	mention	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mention	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 know	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 know	advmod
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 know	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 know	aux
9	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 mention	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mention speech: other	present	Teachers	reports					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent report=Topic
2	know	would	nobody						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The report would be thrown out by the school anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 report	det
2	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 thrown	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 thrown	aux:pass
5	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 thrown	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 school	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 school	det
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	obl
10	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 thrown	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw out	would · passive	the school	the report				anyway property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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