Test 21 · ★★ · Video calls and visiting a friend's house

at my mate's house his older bro goes "don't tell mum I'm seeing Chloe, yeah? or you're dead" — what does it mean and what's right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: older bro, mum, bro · What happens: go, not tell, see, be, mean · To what, where: house, mum, Chloe · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★★ of lesson 129 «Video calls and visiting a friend's house» 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	at	at	ADP	_	5 house	case
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 house	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 mate	case
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 goes	obl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bro	nmod:poss
7	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 bro	amod
8	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 goes	nsubj
9	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 tell	punct
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 tell	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 tell	advmod
13	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 goes	ccomp
14	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tell	obj
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 seeing	nsubj
16	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 seeing	aux
17	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 tell	ccomp
18	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 seeing	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tell	punct
20	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	13 tell	discourse
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	25 dead	punct
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 dead	cc
23	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	25 dead	nsubj
24	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 dead	cop
25	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 goes	parataxis
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 dead	punct
27	—	-	PUNCT	_	31 mean	punct
28	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	31 mean	obj
29	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 mean	aux
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 mean	nsubj
31	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 goes	parataxis
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 right	cc
33	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	35 right	nsubj
34	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 right	cop
35	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 mean	conj
36	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	present	his older bro			my mate's house		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive · do-support	his older bro not said here		mum			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic
3	see in a quote	present · progressive	his older bro = bro	Chloe				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chloe=Stimulus
4	is in a quote	present	mum				dead property	tree rules
5	mean	present · do-support	bro					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
6	is	present					right property	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.

The options

Option 1

He'll really hurt you, so never visit again without telling anyone

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	4 hurt	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	aux
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 hurt	advmod
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hurt	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 visit	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 visit	advmod
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 visit	advmod
9	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hurt	conj
10	again	again	ADV	_	9 visit	advmod
11	without	without	SCONJ	_	12 telling	mark
12	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 visit	advcl
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 telling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	hurt	future	He	you			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient
2	not visit	infinitive	He not said here			again	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	gerund	He not said here		anyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He is going out with Chloe and wants it private; keep out of it, and tell an adult if the threat scares you

The tree, 23 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 going	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 wants	csubj
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 going	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 Chloe	case
6	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 going	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 going	cc
8	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wants	obj
10	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wants	xcomp
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 keep	punct
12	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 wants	parataxis
13	out	out	ADP	_	15 it	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 keep	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 tell	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 tell	cc
18	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 keep	conj
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 adult	det
20	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tell	obj
21	if	if	SCONJ	_	24 scares	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 threat	det
23	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 scares	nsubj
24	scares	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 tell	advcl
25	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	24 scares	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	go out	present · progressive	He			with Chloe	vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with chloe=Co-Agent
2	want	present	going	it		private property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
3	keep out	infinitive		it			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
5	scare a condition, not said to happen	present	the threat	you			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer

Option 3

He watches Chloe through a window, so call the police

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	2 watches	nsubj
2	watches	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 watches	obj
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 window	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 window	det
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 watches	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 call	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 call	advmod
9	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 watches	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 police	det
11	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	present	He	Chloe		a window			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chloe=Theme
2	call	infinitive		the police					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Chloe is a TV show, so ask mum about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 show	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 show	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 show	det
4	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	compound
5	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ask	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 ask	advmod
8	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 show	parataxis
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ask	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Chloe	a TV show					tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive			mum			about show	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient about it=Topic

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