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title: What would happen if Grace had thrown the cake away? — Disappointed: when things don't go the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if Grace had thrown the cake away? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What would happen if Grace had thrown the cake away?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, throw away · **To what, where:** Grace

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» 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/25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t3:1
# text = What would happen if Grace had thrown the cake away?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **throw away** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive |  | Grace |  |  |  | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination cake=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her next cake would come out burnt too, and the one after that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t3:o1:1
# text = Her next cake would come out burnt too, and the one after that
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | would | Her next cake | the one after that |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **burnt** | participle | Her next cake *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She would have missed the fun of the volcano that sold first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t3:o2:1
# text = She would have missed the fun of the volcano that sold first
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	missed	miss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | would · perfect | She | the fun of the volcano |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fun=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sell** | past | the volcano |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bake sale would have been cancelled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t3:o3:1
# text = The bake sale would have been cancelled
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bake	bake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** | would · perfect · passive |  | the bake sale |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody would have bought any cakes at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t3:o4:1
# text = Nobody would have bought any cakes at all
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | would · perfect | Nobody | any cakes |  | all |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent cake=Theme at all=Asset |

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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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