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Test 7 · ★★ · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr…

Your mate: "If I tell my dad, he'll know I was on my brother's profile. I'll just keep quiet." What would a good friend say?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, he, good friend · What happens: tell, know, be, keep, say · To what, where: dad, profile · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls» 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 mate: "If I tell my dad, he'll know I was on my brother's profile.

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 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 know	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 know	punct
5	If	if	SCONJ	_	7 tell	mark
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 tell	nsubj
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 know	advcl
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dad	nmod:poss
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 know	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 know	aux
13	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 mate	conj
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 profile	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 profile	cop
16	on	on	ADP	_	20 profile	case
17	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 brother	nmod:poss
18	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 profile	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 brother	case
20	profile	profile	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 know	ccomp
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	I		my dad				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient
2	know in a quote	future	he						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is in a quote	past	I			my brother's profile			tree rules

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: I'll just keep quiet."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 keep	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 keep	advmod
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keep	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	future	I					quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What would a good friend say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 friend	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 friend	amod
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	a good friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Keep quiet forever and he'll never, ever find out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
3	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 find	cc
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 find	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 find	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 find	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 never	punct
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 find	advmod
10	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Keep	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 find	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here					forever, quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not find out	future	he				ever		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell him; it's easier now and it was an accident

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 easier	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 easier	expl
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 easier	cop
6	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Tell	parataxis
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Tell	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 accident	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 accident	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 accident	cop
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 accident	det
12	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he		now		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is	present						easy property	tree rules
3	is a	past	it	a accident					tree rules

Option 3

Tell your brother instead, he won't mind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mind	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 mind	nsubj
7	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 mind	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 mind	advmod
9	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		your brother			instead property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient
2	not mind	future	he						vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Delete the whole profile so nobody knows it happened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Delete	delete	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 profile	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 profile	amod
4	profile	profile	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Delete	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 knows	mark
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 knows	nsubj
7	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Delete	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 happened	nsubj
9	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 knows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delete	imperative	you not said here	the whole profile					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent profile=Theme
2	know	present	nobody						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	happen	past	it						vn occur-48.3-1 «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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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