--- title: The minister on TV: "Mistakes were made, and lessons have been learn… — Soft words for hard things: failure an… · tree and pragmatics description: The minister on TV: "Mistakes were made, and lessons have been learned." What is she admitting? Test 6 of lesson 34 «Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/34-failure-and-mistakes/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / [Soft words for hard things: failure an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/34-failure-and-mistakes/) / t6 # Test 6 · Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes The minister on TV: "Mistakes were made, and lessons have been learned." What is she admitting? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** minister, she · **What happens:** make, learn, admit · **To what, where:** Mistakes, lessons This is test 6 of lesson 34 «Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/34-failure-and-mistakes/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The minister on TV: "Mistakes were made, and lessons have been learned." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t6:1 # text = The minister on TV: "Mistakes were made, and lessons have been learned." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Mistakes mistake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | past · passive | the minister on TV *not said here* | Mistakes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **learn** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | lessons | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 she admitting? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t6:2 # text = What is she admitting? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 admitting admit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | present · progressive | she | | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} That they won an award ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t6:o1:1 # text = That they won an award 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 award award NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | That | a award | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent award=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} That they did nothing wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t6:o2:1 # text = That they did nothing wrong 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 obj _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | That | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} That they will go back to school ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t6:o3:1 # text = That they will go back to school 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | future | That | | | | | to school *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to school=Result | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} That they failed ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t6:o4:1 # text = That they failed 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | past | That | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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