Test 4 · ★★ · Your uh-oh feeling
Your class is planning a surprise party for your teacher. Should you tell her?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: class, you · What happens: plan, tell · To what, where: surprise party, class · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Your uh-oh feeling» 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
Sentence 1: Your class is planning a surprise party for your teacher.
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 class | nmod:poss |
| 2 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 planning | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 planning | aux |
| 4 | planning | plan | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 party | det |
| 6 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 party | compound |
| 7 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 planning | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 teacher | case |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 10 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 party | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 planning | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | present · progressive | Your class | a surprise party | for your teacher | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=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: Should you tell her?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 tell | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 tell | nsubj |
| 3 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tell | iobj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | should | you | class | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
No, and you must keep it secret for ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 keep | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 keep | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 keep | cc |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 keep | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 keep | aux |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keep | obj |
| 8 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 keep | xcomp |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 ever | case |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | must | you | it | secret property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, because surprises are worrying secrets that must be told
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 worrying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 worrying | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 worrying | mark |
| 4 | surprises | surprise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 worrying | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 worrying | aux |
| 6 | worrying | worry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | secrets | secret | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 worrying | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 told | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 told | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 told | aux:pass |
| 11 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 secrets | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | worry | present · progressive | surprises | secrets | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus secret=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | must · passive | secrets | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, every secret must be told at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 told | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 secret | det |
| 4 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 told | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 told | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 told | aux:pass |
| 7 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 once | case |
| 9 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 told | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | must · passive | every secret | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it is a happy surprise that will soon be shared
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 surprise | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 surprise | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 surprise | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 surprise | det |
| 6 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 surprise | amod |
| 7 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 shared | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 shared | aux |
| 10 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 shared | advmod |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 shared | aux:pass |
| 12 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 surprise | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a happy surprise | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | share | future · passive | a happy surprise | soon property | tree rules |
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