Test 15 · ★ · Greeting neighbours and new people

neighbour i don't know wants me to keep a secret from mum

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, neighbour, me · What happens: not know, want, keep · To what, where: neighbour, me, secret

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» of the everyday 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wants	nsubj
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 know	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 know	advmod
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 neighbour	acl:relcl
6	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 wants	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wants	xcomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 secret	det
11	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 mum	case
13	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not know	present · do-support	i	neighbour not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer neighbour=Stimulus
2	want	present	neighbour	me		tree rules
3	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	me not said here	a secret	from mum	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer secret=Beneficiary from mum=Eventuality

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.

The options

Option 1

Tell only your friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 friends	advmod
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 friends	nmod:poss
4	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	iobj

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Keep it, you promised

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 promised	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 promised	nsubj
5	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	promise speech: promise	past	you						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tell your mum anyway, adults shouldn't ask kids for secrets

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 mum	nmod:poss
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ask	punct
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 ask	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 ask	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 ask	advmod
9	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	conj
10	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 ask	iobj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 secrets	case
12	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		your mum			anyway property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
2	not ask speech: ask	should	adults		kids			for secrets	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient

Option 4

Keep it if he gives you sweets, because then it's a fair deal for both

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 gives	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gives	nsubj
5	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 gives	iobj
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gives	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 deal	punct
9	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	10 then	case
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 deal	obl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 deal	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 deal	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 deal	det
14	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 deal	amod
15	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 both	case
17	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	15 deal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	give a condition, not said to happen	present	he	sweets	you		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient sweet=Theme
3	is a	present	it	a fair deal		for both	tree rules

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