Test 17 · ★ · White lies and kind silence

my mate says Ava's got cuts on her arm but made him swear not to tell, people say she's just attention seeking

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Ava, people, attention · What happens: say, get, make, swear, not tell, be · To what, where: got cuts, arm, Ava, attention · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cuts	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Ava	case
6	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 cuts	amod
7	cuts	cut	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 says	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 arm	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 arm	nmod:poss
10	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cuts	nmod
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 made	cc
12	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 made	obj
14	swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 made	xcomp
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 tell	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 tell	mark
17	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 swear	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 say	punct
19	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 say	nsubj
20	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
21	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 attention	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 attention	cop
23	just	just	ADV	_	24 attention	advmod
24	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 say	ccomp
25	seeking	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	24 attention	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate	Ava's got cuts	mate's arm	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cut=Topic
2	get	participle				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	make	past	my mate not said here	Ava		tree rules
4	swear	infinitive	Ava not said here			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	not tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	Ava not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	say speech: assert	present	people			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7	is a	present	mate	attention		tree rules
8	seek	gerund	attention not said here			vn hunt-35.1 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Don't gossip, but a trusted adult must know, her safety matters most

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 gossip	advmod
3	gossip	gossip	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 know	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 know	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
7	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 adult	amod
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 know	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 know	aux
10	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gossip	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 matters	punct
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 safety	nmod:poss
13	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 matters	nsubj
14	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	parataxis
15	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	14 matters	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	not gossip speech: other	imperative · do-support	you not said here	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	trust	participle		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	know	must	a trusted adult	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	matter	present	adult's safety	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Ignore it, it's attention seeking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 attention	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 attention	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 attention	cop
6	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignore	parataxis
7	seeking	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 attention	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	it	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is a	present	it	attention	tree rules
3	seek	gerund	attention not said here		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Keep it secret, he swore

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	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 swore	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 swore	nsubj
6	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it				secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	swear	past	he						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Tell the whole class so that they can all keep an eye on her and help out

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 class	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 class	amod
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 keep	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keep	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 keep	aux
9	all	all	ADV	_	10 keep	advmod
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 eye	det
12	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keep	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 help	cc
16	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 keep	conj
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 help	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the whole class		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent class=Recipient clause=Topic
2	keep	can	they	a eye	on her = she; all property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on she=Location
3	help out	infinitive	they not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t17/