Test 8 · ★★ · Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop

Your friend says: "My dad keeps betting and Mum's crying about money. Don't tell anyone." What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, dad, Mum, you · What happens: say, keep, bet, cry, not tell, do · To what, where: anyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop» of the adult life 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Your friend says: "My dad keeps betting and Mum's crying about money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 keeps	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 keeps	punct
6	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dad	nmod:poss
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keeps	nsubj
8	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
9	betting	bet	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 keeps	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 crying	cc
11	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 crying	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 crying	aux
13	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 betting	conj
14	about	about	ADP	_	15 money	case
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 crying	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your friend		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep in a quote	present	My dad		tree rules
3	bet in a quote	gerund	My dad not said here		vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	cry speech: express in a quote	present · progressive	Mum	about money	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about money=Topic

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: Don't tell anyone."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 tell	advmod
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 tell	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tell	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	imperative · do-support	you not said here		anyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Sentence 3: What should you do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Give your friend your pocket money so he can win it back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 friend	nmod:poss
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	iobj
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 money	nmod:poss
5	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 money	compound
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 win	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 win	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 win	aux
10	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Give	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 win	obj
12	back	back	ADV	_	10 win	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	your pocket money	your friend				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient money=Theme
2	win back	can	friend	money					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Tell a trusted adult, because this is not a secret to keep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 adult	amod
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 secret	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 secret	mark
7	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 secret	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 secret	cop
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 secret	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 secret	det
11	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 keep	mark
13	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 secret	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a trusted adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not is a	present	this	a secret		tree rules
4	keep	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Keep the secret for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 secret	det
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 ever	case
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	1 Keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the secret					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme

Option 4

Tell the whole class at lunch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 class	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 class	amod
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 lunch	case
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the whole class		lunch			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient

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