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title: "it's not my fault I forgot, the bag was stupid." What is missing fr… — Virtues: courage, responsibility, righ… · tree and pragmatics
description: "it's not my fault I forgot, the bag was stupid." What is missing from this excuse? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties

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"it's not my fault I forgot, the bag was stupid." What is missing from this excuse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, I, fault · **What happens:** not be, forget, be · **To what, where:** fault, excuse

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "it's not my fault I forgot, the bag was stupid."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t9:1
# text = "it's not my fault I forgot, the bag was stupid."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | my fault |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** *in a quote* | past | I | my fault *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | my fault |  |  |  |  | stupid *property* | 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 is missing from this excuse?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t9:2
# text = What is missing from this excuse?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | this excuse |  | missing *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Gratitude: thanking the bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t9:o1:1
# text = Gratitude: thanking the bag
1	Gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	thanking	thank	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund | Gratitude *not said here* | the bag |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |

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

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Responsibility: owning what you did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t9:o2:1
# text = Responsibility: owning what you did
1	Responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	owning	own	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **do** | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Courage: being brave on the bus to school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t9:o3:1
# text = Courage: being brave on the bus to school
1	Courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | the bus to school |  | brave *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Equity: getting what you need

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t9:o4:1
# text = Equity: getting what you need
1	Equity	equity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **need** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=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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