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description: In a cartoon, a burglar comes back to the same house every single night. Is that how it usually is? Test 5 of lesson 6 «Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 5 · Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger

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In a cartoon, a burglar comes back to the same house every single night. Is that how it usually is?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** burglar · **What happens:** come back, be · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 5 of lesson 6 «Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger» 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/6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a burglar comes back to the same house every single night.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon, a burglar comes back to the same house every single night.
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	burglar	burglar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
14	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | present | a burglar |  |  | a cartoon | night | to the same house | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_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:* Is that how it usually is?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger:t5:2
# text = Is that how it usually is?
1	Is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present | burglar |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes; burglars always return to the same house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger:t5:o1:1
# text = Yes; burglars always return to the same house
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	burglars	burglar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	return	return	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present | burglars |  |  |  |  | to the same house *result*; always *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes; that's why families must move after a burglary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes; that's why families must move after a burglary
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
6	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl:relcl	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	burglary	burglary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | must | families |  |  |  | after a burglary |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No; most burglars don't come back, and locks help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger:t5:o3:1
# text = No; most burglars don't come back, and locks help
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	burglars	burglar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	locks	lock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come back** | present · do-support | most burglars |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | present | locks |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, burglars only steal from shops, never houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger:t5:o4:1
# text = No, burglars only steal from shops, never houses
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	burglars	burglar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | present | burglars |  |  | shops and houses |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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