--- title: Owain thinks, "If I wait, maybe the guinea pig comes back and nobody… — Owning up when it is hard · tree and pragmatics description: Owain thinks, "If I wait, maybe the guinea pig comes back and nobody knows." What would happen if he waits? Test 4 · ★ 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 c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Owning up when it is hard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Owning up when it is hard Owain thinks, "If I wait, maybe the guinea pig comes back and nobody knows." What would happen if he waits? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Owain, guinea pig, nobody, pig · **What happens:** think, wait, come back, know, happen · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Owain thinks, "If I wait, maybe the guinea pig comes back and nobody knows." ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t4:1 # text = Owain thinks, "If I wait, maybe the guinea pig comes back and nobody knows." 1 Owain Owain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 If if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wait wait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 guinea guinea NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 17 nsubj _ _ 17 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Owain | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **wait** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Owain | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come back** *in a quote* | present | the guinea pig | | | | | maybe *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | nobody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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. *Sentence 2:* What would happen if he waits? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t4:2 # text = What would happen if he waits? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 waits wait VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wait** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | pig | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The search starts late, and the guinea pig could be hurt or lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t4:o1:1 # text = The search starts late, and the guinea pig could be hurt or lost 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 guinea guinea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | present | the search | | | | | late *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **hurt** | could · passive | | the guinea pig | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Someone else will be blamed, which is fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t4:o2:1 # text = Someone else will be blamed, which is fine 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 else else ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 blamed blame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | future · passive | | Someone | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing; guinea pigs always come home ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t4:o3:1 # text = Nothing; guinea pigs always come home 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 guinea guinea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | guinea pigs | | | | | always, home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The guinea pig will come back faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t4:o4:1 # text = The guinea pig will come back faster 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 guinea guinea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | future | the guinea pig | | | | | fast *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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