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title: Your mate says, "Just delete it, then it never happened." What is th… — Owning up when it is hard · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate says, "Just delete it, then it never happened." What is the best reply? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 91 «Owning up when it is hard» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Owning up when it is hard

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Your mate says, "Just delete it, then it never happened." What is the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, it, best reply · **What happens:** say, delete, not happen, be · **To what, where:** mate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 91 «Owning up when it is hard» 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/91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate says, "Just delete it, then it never happened."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t1:1
# text = Your mate says, "Just delete it, then it never happened."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	delete	delete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	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 | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **delete** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | mate |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **happen** *in a quote* | past | it |  |  |  | then |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 the best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t1:2
# text = What is the best reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Post another one to cover it up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t1:o1:1
# text = Post another one to cover it up
1	Post	post	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | imperative | you *not said here* | another one |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 2 | **cover up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Delete it twice to be extra sure it's gone from everyone's phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t1:o2:1
# text = Delete it twice to be extra sure it's gone from everyone's phone
1	Delete	delete	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delete** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | present · passive | it |  |  | everyone's phone |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from phone=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Screenshots last; say sorry to the person instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t1:o3:1
# text = Screenshots last; say sorry to the person instead
1	Screenshots	screenshot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	last	last	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | present | Screenshots |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Blame autocorrect for the joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t1:o4:1
# text = Blame autocorrect for the joke
1	Blame	blame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	autocorrect	autocorrect	NOUN	NN	_	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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