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title: Head teacher: «The whole class stays in until someone owns up about… — Breaking things and hiding the pieces · tree and pragmatics
description: Head teacher: «The whole class stays in until someone owns up about the window.» What would a fair pupil who did it do? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 342 «Breaking things and hiding the pieces» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Breaking things and hiding the pieces

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Head teacher: «The whole class stays in until someone owns up about the window.» What would a fair pupil who did it do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** whole class, someone, fair pupil · **What happens:** stay in, own up, do · **To what, where:** Head teacher

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 342 «Breaking things and hiding the pieces» 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/342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Head teacher: «The whole class stays in until someone owns up about the window.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t7:1
# text = Head teacher: «The whole class stays in until someone owns up about the window.»
1	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	nsubj	_	_
12	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay in** *in a quote* | present | the whole class | Head teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme teacher=Location |
| 2 | **own up** *in a quote* | present | someone |  |  |  |  | about the window | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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:* What would a fair pupil who did it do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t7:2
# text = What would a fair pupil who did it do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | would · do-support | a fair pupil |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Keep quiet, it's only one short break

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t7:o1:1
# text = Keep quiet, it's only one short break
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | one short break |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ask his friends to own up for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t7:o2:1
# text = Ask his friends to own up for him
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	iobj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	own	own	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | his friends |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **own up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Blame the caretaker for leaving it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t7:o3:1
# text = Blame the caretaker for leaving it
1	Blame	blame	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	caretaker	caretaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | the caretaker |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caretaker=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | you *not said here* | caretaker |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Own up, so the others don't pay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t7:o4:1
# text = Own up, so the others don't pay
1	Own	own	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **not** **pay** | present · do-support | the others |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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