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title: Sophie's friend says, "Just blame the printer for the poster." What… — Owning up when it is hard · tree and pragmatics
description: Sophie's friend says, "Just blame the printer for the poster." What is the problem? Test 10 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Owning up when it is hard

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Sophie's friend says, "Just blame the printer for the poster." What is the problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, problem · **What happens:** say, blame, be · **To what, where:** printer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sophie's friend says, "Just blame the printer for the poster."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t10:1
# text = Sophie's friend says, "Just blame the printer for the poster."
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	friend	friend	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	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	blame	blame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	printer	printer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Sophie's friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **blame** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the printer |  |  |  | for the poster | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent printer=Theme for poster=Attribute |

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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 problem?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t10:2
# text = What is the problem?
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	4	det	_	_
4	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 problem |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The teacher already knows about printers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t10:o1:1
# text = The teacher already knows about printers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	already	already	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	printers	printer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | the teacher |  |  |  |  | about printers | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about printer=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Printers can't be blamed for anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t10:o2:1
# text = Printers can't be blamed for anything
1	Printers	printer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **blame** | can · passive |  | Printers |  |  |  | for anything | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for anything=Attribute |

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

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It's a lie, and owning up protects your team's good name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t10:o3:1
# text = It's a lie, and owning up protects your team's good name
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	owning	own	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a lie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **own up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **protect** | present | owning | your team's good name |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **name** |  | your team |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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There's no problem; printers break all the time, so everyone believes it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t10:o4:1
# text = There's no problem; printers break all the time, so everyone believes it
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	printers	printer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	break	break	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	nsubj	_	_
14	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | no problem |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | present | printers |  |  |  | time |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **believe** | present | everyone | problem |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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