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Test 21 · ★ of lesson 285 «Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up/t21/) [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/) / [Good pressure, good and bad secrets, a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up/) / t21 # Test 21 · ★ · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up you teased your sister about her boyfriend in front of her friends and she cried. what's owning up? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, boyfriend · **What happens:** tease, cry, own up · **To what, where:** sister This is test 21 · ★ 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/#t21). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t21:1 # text = you teased your sister about her boyfriend in front of her friends and she cried. what's owning up? 1 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 teased tease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 boyfriend boyfriend NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 owning own VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tease** | past | you | | your sister | | | about her boyfriend in front of boyfriend's friends | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | boyfriend | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **own up** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | 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} Say sorry to her and stop teasing her about him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t21:o1:1 # text = Say sorry to her and stop teasing her about him 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 teasing tease VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | sorry | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | | 2 | **stop** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **tease** | gerund | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | about him *= he* | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Blame her friends for laughing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t21:o2:1 # text = Blame her friends for laughing 1 Blame blame VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 for for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | her friends | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme | | 2 | **laugh** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Say it was a joke so it doesn't count ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t21:o3:1 # text = Say it was a joke so it doesn't count 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | a joke | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | joke | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tell her boyfriend she cried so he knows ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t21:o4:1 # text = Tell her boyfriend she cried so he knows 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 boyfriend boyfriend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her boyfriend | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent boyfriend=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | boyfriend | her boyfriend *not said here* | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boyfriend=Topic | | 3 | **know** | present | he | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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