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title: In a cartoon, a kid copies homework, gets a gold star and feels grea… — The lie nobody found out: carrying a s… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a kid copies homework, gets a gold star and feels great forever. What's unrealistic? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 15 «The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 5 · ★ · The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret

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In a cartoon, a kid copies homework, gets a gold star and feels great forever. What's unrealistic?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** copy, get, feel, be · **To what, where:** homework, cartoon, gold star

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 15 «The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret» of the reflection 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/reflection/15-the-lie-nobody-found-out-carrying-a-secret/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a kid copies homework, gets a gold star and feels great forever.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:15-the-lie-nobody-found-out-carrying-a-secret:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon, a kid copies homework, gets a gold star and feels great forever.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	copies	copy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
17	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | present | a kid | homework |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent homework=Theme in cartoon=Destination |
| 2 | **get** | present | a kid *not said here* | a gold star |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus |
| 3 | **feel** | present | a kid *not said here* |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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's unrealistic?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:15-the-lie-nobody-found-out-carrying-a-secret:t5:2
# text = What's unrealistic?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unrealistic	unrealistic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | unrealistic *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Gold stars make every bit of the guilt disappear for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:15-the-lie-nobody-found-out-carrying-a-secret:t5:o1:1
# text = Gold stars make every bit of the guilt disappear for good
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	disappear	disappear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Gold stars | every bit of the guilt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **disappear** | infinitive | every bit of the guilt *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for good | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Teachers never notice any copying at all in real life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:15-the-lie-nobody-found-out-carrying-a-secret:t5:o2:1
# text = Teachers never notice any copying at all in real life
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	notice	notice	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	copying	copying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **notice** | present | Teachers | any copying |  | all |  | in real life | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer copying=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Praise for copied work usually doesn't feel real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:15-the-lie-nobody-found-out-carrying-a-secret:t5:o3:1
# text = Praise for copied work usually doesn't feel real
1	Praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **feel** | present · do-support | Praise for copied work |  |  |  |  | real, usually *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing; copying always feels great when you get a star

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:15-the-lie-nobody-found-out-carrying-a-secret:t5:o4:1
# text = Nothing; copying always feels great when you get a star
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
5	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **feel** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **get** | present | you | a star |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus |

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