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# Test 17 · ★ · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up

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my sister says a kid broke a window, hid it and his dad "grounded him for a whole year". what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister, kid, dad · **What happens:** say, break, hide, ground, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** window, kid, prob · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 285 «Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up» 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/285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t17:1
# text = my sister says a kid broke a window, hid it and his dad "grounded him for a whole year". what's prob exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	grounded	ground	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
24	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
27	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **break** | past | a kid | a window |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Patient |
| 3 | **hide** | past |  | window |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 4 | **ground** *in a quote* | past | kid's dad | kid |  |  | year |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | prob *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The whole year; still, hiding usually makes trouble bigger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t17:o1:1
# text = The whole year; still, hiding usually makes trouble bigger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
8	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  |  |  |  | still |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present | hiding | trouble |  |  | year | big, usually *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trouble=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That parents get upset at lies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t17:o2:1
# text = That parents get upset at lies
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | that parents |  |  | lies |  | upset *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That owning up usually helps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t17:o3:1
# text = That owning up usually helps
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	owning	own	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | gerund | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **help** | present | owning |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That windows can break

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t17:o4:1
# text = That windows can break
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | can | that windows |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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