--- title: Why is telling a parent about a bad mark better than hiding it? — Tests, exams and mistakes · tree and pragmatics description: Why is telling a parent about a bad mark better than hiding it? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 255 «Tests, exams and mistakes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/255-tests-exams-and-mistakes/t15/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Tests, exams and mistakes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/255-tests-exams-and-mistakes/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Tests, exams and mistakes Why is telling a parent about a bad mark better than hiding it? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** tell, hide · **To what, where:** parent · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 255 «Tests, exams and mistakes» of the everyday 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/everyday/255-tests-exams-and-mistakes/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:t15:1 # text = Why is telling a parent about a bad mark better than hiding it? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 csubj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 10 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 11 than than SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | | | a parent | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | | 2 | **hide** | gerund | | parent | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They will never find out anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:t15:o1:1 # text = They will never find out anyway 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **find out** | future | They | | | | | anyway *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They can help before you fall further behind ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:t15:o2:1 # text = They can help before you fall further behind 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 further further ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 behind behind ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | can | They | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fall** | present | you | | | | | behind *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Teachers prefer you keep it quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:t15:o3:1 # text = Teachers prefer you keep it quiet 1 Teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 prefer prefer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prefer** | present | Teachers | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **keep** | present | you | it | | | | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Bad marks disappear if hidden ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:t15:o4:1 # text = Bad marks disappear if hidden 1 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 disappear disappear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappear** | present | Bad marks | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hide** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | Bad marks *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «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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