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title: Jess thinks: "If I tell the truth now, Miss will hate me forever." W… — Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jess thinks: "If I tell the truth now, Miss will hate me forever." What usually happens? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 16 «Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 2 · ★ · Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean

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Jess thinks: "If I tell the truth now, Miss will hate me forever." What usually happens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jess, Miss · **What happens:** think, tell, hate, happen · **To what, where:** truth, Jess · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 16 «Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean» 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/16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jess thinks: "If I tell the truth now, Miss will hate me forever."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:t2:1
# text = Jess thinks: "If I tell the truth now, Miss will hate me forever."
1	Jess	Jess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	hate	hate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
15	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	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 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Jess |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Jess | the truth |  |  | now |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |
| 3 | **hate** *in a quote* | future | Miss | Jess |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=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 usually happens?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:t2:2
# text = What usually happens?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	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 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Teachers mostly respect someone who comes back and owns up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:t2:o1:1
# text = Teachers mostly respect someone who comes back and owns up
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	respect	respect	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respect** | present | Teachers | someone |  |  |  | mostly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come back** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **own up** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The teacher will not remember who said what anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:t2:o2:1
# text = The teacher will not remember who said what anyway
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **remember** | future | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The teacher will punish her twice as hard as the other girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:t2:o3:1
# text = The teacher will punish her twice as hard as the other girl
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | future | the teacher | her *= she* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Owning up late is worse than never owning up at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:t2:o4:1
# text = Owning up late is worse than never owning up at all
1	Owning	own	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	owning	own	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** | present | Owning |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **own up** | gerund | Owning *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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