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title: Kian's aunt says he "left the wee one hanging" at the picnic. ("Left… — When it was my fault: owning up and ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kian's aunt says he "left the wee one hanging" at the picnic. ("Left him hanging" means left him without help.) What makes it up to his cousin? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 5 «When it was my fault: owning up and making it right» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 9 · ★★ · When it was my fault: owning up and making it right

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Kian's aunt says he "left the wee one hanging" at the picnic. ("Left him hanging" means left him without help.) What makes it up to his cousin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** aunt, Kian · **What happens:** say, leave, hang, mean, make up · **To what, where:** wee one hanging, picnic, Kian, hanging · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 5 «When it was my fault: owning up and making it right» 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/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kian's aunt says he "left the wee one hanging" at the picnic.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:t9:1
# text = Kian's aunt says he "left the wee one hanging" at the picnic.
1	Kian	Kian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	hanging	hanging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kian's aunt |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | past | Kian | the wee one hanging |  | the picnic |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hanging=Theme at picnic=Location |

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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:* ("Left him hanging" means left him without help.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:t9:2
# text = ("Left him hanging" means left him without help.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	nsubj	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** *in a quote* | past |  | Kian |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang** *in a quote* | gerund | Kian *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **leave** | past |  | Kian |  |  |  | without help | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What makes it up to his cousin?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:t9:3
# text = What makes it up to his cousin?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | present |  | hanging |  |  |  | to Kian's cousin | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Telling him he'll understand when he's older

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:t9:o1:1
# text = Telling him he'll understand when he's older
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **understand** | future | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing; little kids forget everything by the next day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:t9:o2:1
# text = Nothing; little kids forget everything by the next day
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | little kids | everything |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A quick "sorry" while running back to the big kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:t9:o3:1
# text = A quick "sorry" while running back to the big kids
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the big kids *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to kid=Result |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Time and attention, like playing with him all afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:t9:o4:1
# text = Time and attention, like playing with him all afternoon
1	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	parataxis	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  | afternoon | with him *= he* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent |

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