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title: Your mate broke the class plant pot and hid it behind the bin. What… — Being a good grown-up · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate broke the class plant pot and hid it behind the bin. What would a good grown-up advise? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Being a good grown-up» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Being a good grown-up

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Your mate broke the class plant pot and hid it behind the bin. What would a good grown-up advise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** break, hide, grow up · **To what, where:** plant pot, pot, bin

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Being a good grown-up» of the adult life 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/adult-life/40-being-a-good-grown-up/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate broke the class plant pot and hid it behind the bin.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:t11:1
# text = Your mate broke the class plant pot and hid it behind the bin.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | Your mate | the plant pot |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pot=Patient |
| 2 | **hide** | past | Your mate *not said here* | pot |  | the bin |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient behind bin=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would a good grown-up advise?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:t11:2
# text = What would a good grown-up advise?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	advise	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Wait until the end of term to say

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:t11:o1:1
# text = Wait until the end of term to say
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | until the end of term |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hide it better so nobody finds it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:t11:o2:1
# text = Hide it better so nobody finds it
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | well *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | present | nobody | it |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Blame the class hamster for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:t11:o3:1
# text = Blame the class hamster for it
1	Blame	blame	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | the class hamster |  |  |  | for hamster | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent hamster=Theme for it=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Own up quickly so it's easier to fix

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:t11:o4:1
# text = Own up quickly so it's easier to fix
1	Own	own	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fix** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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