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# Test 7 · ★ · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up

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You hit a cricket ball that hits a friend. It was an accident. What matters most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, cricket ball, ball · **What happens:** hit, be, matter · **To what, where:** cricket ball, friend, accident

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You hit a cricket ball that hits a friend.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t7:1
# text = You hit a cricket ball that hits a friend.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hit	hit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hits	hit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | present | You | a cricket ball |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ball=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **hit** | present | a cricket ball | a friend |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme friend=Co-Theme |

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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:* It was an accident.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t7:2
# text = It was an accident.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | ball | a accident |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What matters most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t7:3
# text = What matters most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Carrying on with the game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t7:o1:1
# text = Carrying on with the game
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry on** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with the game | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Checking he is okay and saying sorry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t7:o2:1
# text = Checking he is okay and saying sorry
1	Checking	check	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	okay	okay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Checking |  |  |  |  | okay *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: apologize* | gerund | Checking *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Telling everyone it was his own fault for standing there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t7:o3:1
# text = Telling everyone it was his own fault for standing there
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	iobj	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | his own fault |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Proving it wasn't your fault

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:t7:o4:1
# text = Proving it wasn't your fault
1	Proving	prove	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | past | Proving | your fault |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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