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title: Hannah says, "Mum's in the garden, she'll never know about the mug,… — Owning up when it is hard · tree and pragmatics
description: Hannah says, "Mum's in the garden, she'll never know about the mug, sorted." What would be better? Test 2 · ★ 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
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# Test 2 · ★ · Owning up when it is hard

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Hannah says, "Mum's in the garden, she'll never know about the mug, sorted." What would be better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Hannah, Mum, mug · **What happens:** say, be, not know, sort · **To what, where:** garden · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Hannah says, "Mum's in the garden, she'll never know about the mug, sorted."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t2:1
# text = Hannah says, "Mum's in the garden, she'll never know about the mug, sorted."
1	Hannah	Hannah	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	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	mug	mug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Hannah |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mum |  |  | the garden |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | future | Hannah |  |  |  |  | about the mug | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about mug=Stimulus |
| 4 | **sort** *in a quote* | past | the mug *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 would be better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t2:2
# text = What would be better?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	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 | **is** | would |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Glue it and put it back on the shelf without saying a word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t2:o1:1
# text = Glue it and put it back on the shelf without saying a word
1	Glue	glue	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	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glue** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **put back** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  | the shelf |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on shelf=Destination |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | a word |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Tell her mum, because a guest cares for others' things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t2:o2:1
# text = Tell her mum, because a guest cares for others' things
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her mum |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient |
| 2 | **care** | present | a guest |  |  |  |  | for others's things | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for thing=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Leave before her mum comes back in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t2:o3:1
# text = Leave before her mum comes back in
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come back** | present | her mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hide the mug at the back of the cupboard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t2:o4:1
# text = Hide the mug at the back of the cupboard
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mug	mug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | the mug |  | the back of the cupboard |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mug=Patient at back=Location |

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