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title: A cartoon shows kids who run from a broken greenhouse and the one wh… — Owning up when it is hard · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows kids who run from a broken greenhouse and the one who goes back gets laughed at. What would really often happen? Test 6 · ★ 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 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Owning up when it is hard

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A cartoon shows kids who run from a broken greenhouse and the one who goes back gets laughed at. What would really often happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, kids, one · **What happens:** show, run, break, go back, laugh, happen · **To what, where:** kids, broken greenhouse, one

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows kids who run from a broken greenhouse and the one who goes back gets laughed at.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t6:1
# text = A cartoon shows kids who run from a broken greenhouse and the one who goes back gets laughed at.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	greenhouse	greenhouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon |  | kids |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient |
| 2 | **run** | present | kids |  |  | a broken greenhouse |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from greenhouse=Trajectory |
| 3 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **go back** | present | the one |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **laugh** | present · passive |  | the one |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 would really often happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t6:2
# text = What would really often happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Most neighbours forgive children who come back and own up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t6:o1:1
# text = Most neighbours forgive children who come back and own up
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forgive	forgive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	own	own	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | present | Most neighbours | children |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
| 2 | **come back** | present | children |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **own up** | infinitive | Most neighbours *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The child who goes back always goes to prison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t6:o2:1
# text = The child who goes back always goes to prison
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | present | the child |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **go** | present | the child |  |  | prison |  | always *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to prison=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The neighbour gives the runaways a prize

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t6:o3:1
# text = The neighbour gives the runaways a prize
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	runaways	runaway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | the neighbour | the runaways |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent runaway=Recipient prize=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nobody would ever find out who did it, so going back is pointless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:t6:o4:1
# text = Nobody would ever find out who did it, so going back is pointless
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	csubj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	pointless	pointless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | would | Nobody |  |  |  | ever |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 3 | **go back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | present | going |  |  |  |  | pointless *property* | tree rules |

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