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title: Lucy thinks, "I'm such an idiot for writing that note." What's a fai… — Humiliated in front of everyone: the m… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lucy thinks, "I'm such an idiot for writing that note." What's a fairer thought? Test 9 of lesson 9 «Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that won't go away» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 9 · Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that won't go…

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Lucy thinks, "I'm such an idiot for writing that note." What's a fairer thought?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lucy · **What happens:** think, be · **To what, where:** idiot, fairer thought · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 of lesson 9 «Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that won't go away» 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/9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucy thinks, "I'm such an idiot for writing that note."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t9:1
# text = Lucy thinks, "I'm such an idiot for writing that note."
1	Lucy	Lucy	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	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	9	det:predet	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	idiot	idiot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	det	_	_
13	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	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 | Lucy |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Lucy | such idiot and that note |  |  |  | for writing | tree rules |

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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 a fairer thought?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t9:2
# text = What's a fairer thought?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Notes should always be read out in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t9:o1:1
# text = Notes should always be read out in class
1	Notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read out** | should · passive |  | Notes |  | class |  | always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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

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Crushes are normal; the one who read it out was unkind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t9:o2:1
# text = Crushes are normal; the one who read it out was unkind
1	Crushes	crush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Crushes |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **read out** | past | the one | it |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | past | the one |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She deserved to be laughed at

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t9:o3:1
# text = She deserved to be laughed at
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	deserved	deserve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | to-infinitive · passive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She really is an idiot for liking someone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t9:o4:1
# text = She really is an idiot for liking someone
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	idiot	idiot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	liking	like	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nmod	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | She | a idiot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **like** | gerund |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme |

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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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