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title: Kian groans that his random line was "bare embarrassing" ("bare" mea… — Show day: the exhibition, the concert… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kian groans that his random line was "bare embarrassing" ("bare" means very). Which is true? Test 8 of lesson 40 «Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 8 · Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz

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Kian groans that his random line was "bare embarrassing" ("bare" means very). Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kian, random line, bare · **What happens:** groan, be, mean

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This is test 8 of lesson 40 «Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz» of the arts 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/arts/40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kian groans that his random line was "bare embarrassing" ("bare" means very).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:t8:1
# text = Kian groans that his random line was "bare embarrassing" ("bare" means very).
1	Kian	Kian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	groans	groan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	embarrassing	embarrassing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
17	very	very	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **groan** | present | Kian |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Kian's random line |  |  |  |  | embarrassing *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present | bare |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:t8:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Actors never forget lines, so he is the only one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:t8:o1:1
# text = Actors never forget lines, so he is the only one
1	Actors	actor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **forget** | present | Actors | lines |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | he | the only one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One forgotten line ruins the whole play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:t8:o2:1
# text = One forgotten line ruins the whole play
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ruins	ruin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ruin** | present | One forgotten line | the whole play |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent play=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Improvising kept the scene going, and audiences forgive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:t8:o3:1
# text = Improvising kept the scene going, and audiences forgive
1	Improvising	improvise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	audiences	audience	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	forgive	forgive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improvise** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | past |  | the scene |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scene=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | gerund | the scene *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **forgive** | present | audiences |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He should have walked off the stage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:t8:o4:1
# text = He should have walked off the stage
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk off** | should · perfect | He | the stage |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stage=Source |

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