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title: Chloe's mum says, "Thanks for owning up about the Tim Tams." Chloe s… — Owning up: the broken vase and the los… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 4 · ★ · Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book

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Chloe's mum says, "Thanks for owning up about the Tim Tams." Chloe says, "That was way easier than I thought." What does this show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, Thanks, Chloe, this · **What happens:** say, own up, be, think, show · **To what, where:** way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 89 «Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book» 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/89-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Chloe's mum says, "Thanks for owning up about the Tim Tams."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:89-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book:t4:1
# text = Chloe's mum says, "Thanks for owning up about the Tim Tams."
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	owning	own	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Tim	Tim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Tams	Tam	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Chloe's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **own up** *in a quote* | gerund | Thanks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the Tim Tams | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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:* Chloe says, "That was way easier than I thought."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:89-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book:t4:2
# text = Chloe says, "That was way easier than I thought."
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	ccomp	_	_
9	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Chloe |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past |  | that way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Chloe |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What does this show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:89-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book:t4:3
# text = What does this show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Chloe should eat more Tim Tams

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:89-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book:t4:o1:1
# text = Chloe should eat more Tim Tams
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
5	Tim	Tim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Tams	tam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | should | Chloe | more Tim Tams |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tam=Patient |

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

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Owning up is scary for a minute and freeing afterwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:89-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book:t4:o2:1
# text = Owning up is scary for a minute and freeing afterwards
1	Owning	own	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	freeing	free	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
10	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** | present | Owning |  |  |  | minute | scary *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **free** | gerund | Owning *not said here* |  |  |  |  | afterwards *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mums never mind about biscuits, so there was nothing to be afraid of

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:89-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book:t4:o3:1
# text = Mums never mind about biscuits, so there was nothing to be afraid of
1	Mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	mind	mind	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	9	expl	_	_
9	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	acl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mind** | present | Mums |  |  |  |  | about biscuits | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **be** | past | nothing |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | afraid *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Owning up is only easy with biscuits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:89-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book:t4:o4:1
# text = Owning up is only easy with biscuits
1	Owning	own	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** | present | Owning |  |  |  |  | with biscuits; easy *property* | tree rules |

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