Test 7 · ★★★ · Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret

Your cousin: "Telling Miss that big lads keep threatening Kai at the bus stop is snitching, don't." Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: big lads, Telling Miss, cousin, you · What happens: tell, keep, threaten, snitch, not do, put · To what, where: Telling Miss, Kai, bus stop · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret» 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 cousin: "Telling Miss that big lads keep threatening Kai at the bus stop is snitching, don't."

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 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 snitching	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Miss	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Miss	punct
5	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 Miss	amod
6	Miss	miss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cousin	appos
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 keep	obj
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lads	amod
9	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 keep	nsubj
10	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Miss	acl:relcl
11	threatening	threaten	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 keep	xcomp
12	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 threatening	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 stop	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 stop	det
15	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stop	compound
16	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 threatening	obl
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 snitching	aux
18	snitching	snitch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 do	punct
20	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 snitching	xcomp
21	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 do	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 snitching	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 snitching	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	gerund				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep in a quote	present	big lads	Telling Miss		tree rules
3	threaten in a quote	gerund	Telling Miss not said here	Kai	the bus stop	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus kai=Experiencer
4	snitch speech: other in a quote	present · progressive	Your cousin			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	not do in a quote	infinitive	Your cousin not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Put him right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		Kai			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Telling a trusted adult when someone may be in danger is right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 right	csubj
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 Telling	obj
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 danger	mark
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 danger	nsubj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 danger	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 danger	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 danger	case
10	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	ccomp
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 right	cop
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund		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	is	may	someone		danger		tree rules
4	is	present	Telling			right property	tree rules

Option 2

Post it online so someone helps him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Post	obj
3	online	online	ADV	_	1 Post	advmod
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 helps	mark
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 helps	nsubj
6	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Post	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 helps	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it				online property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	help	present	someone		him = he				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

Option 3

He's right, you should keep every secret a friend tells you, whatever it is

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 keep	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 keep	aux
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	parataxis
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 secret	det
9	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 friend	det
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tells	nsubj
12	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 keep	conj
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 tells	iobj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 whatever	punct
15	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 keep	obj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 whatever	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			right property	tree rules
2	keep	should	you	every secret			vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent secret=Theme whatever=Attribute
3	tell speech: assert	present	a friend		you		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 4

Tell Kai's mates instead of a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mates	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Kai	case
4	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	iobj
5	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	8 teacher	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 instead	fixed
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
8	teacher	teacher	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		Kai's mates			instead a teacher	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mate=Recipient

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