--- title: Which is TRUE about putting the blame on others? — Putting the blame on someone else · tree and pragmatics description: Which is TRUE about putting the blame on others? Test 11 of lesson 344 «Putting the blame on someone else» 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/344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else/t11/) [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/) / [Putting the blame on someone else](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else/) / t11 # Test 11 · Putting the blame on someone else Which is TRUE about putting the blame on others? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, put · **To what, where:** blame, others This is test 11 of lesson 344 «Putting the blame on someone else» 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/344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t11:1 # text = Which is TRUE about putting the blame on others? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 TRUE true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 blame blame NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **put** | gerund | | the blame | | others | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent blame=Theme on other=Destination | 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} It hurts someone innocent and is usually found out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t11:o1:1 # text = It hurts someone innocent and is usually found out 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hurts hurt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 usually usually ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | present | It | someone | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Patient | | 2 | **find out** | present · passive | | | | | | usually *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic» | ### Option 2 {#o2} It's fine if they're younger ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t11:o2:1 # text = It's fine if they're younger 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is never found out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t11:o3:1 # text = It is never found out 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **find out** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} It's fine if you're very scared of what might happen ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else:t11:o4:1 # text = It's fine if you're very scared of what might happen 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 9 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 11 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **happen** | might | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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