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# Test 8 · ★ · Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped

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In a cartoon, the scientist's experiment works first time, every time. What's real science like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** experiment, scientist, real science · **What happens:** work, experiment, be

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the scientist's experiment works first time, every time.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon, the scientist's experiment works first time, every time.
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	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	experiment	experiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | the scientist's experiment |  |  |  | time | in a cartoon | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Theme |
| 2 | **experiment** |  | the scientist |  |  |  |  |  | nom experiment «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 real science like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t8:2
# text = What's real science like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Failed experiments mean the scientist is bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t8:o1:1
# text = Failed experiments mean the scientist is bad
1	Failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	experiments	experiment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Failed experiments |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | the scientist |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Real experiments always work first time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t8:o2:1
# text = Real experiments always work first time
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	experiments	experiment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Real experiments |  |  |  | time | always *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Experiments often fail first, and explaining why is part of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t8:o3:1
# text = Experiments often fail first, and explaining why is part of it
1	Experiments	experiment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	often	often	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	fail	fail	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	explaining	explain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | present | Experiments |  |  |  |  | first, often *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | explaining | part |  |  |  | of part | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Scientists hide failed experiments forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t8:o4:1
# text = Scientists hide failed experiments forever
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	experiments	experiment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | Scientists | failed experiments |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent experiment=Patient |
| 2 | **fail** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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