Test 20 · ★ · White lies and kind silence

my mate asked "is it true ur big sister's got a boyfriend??" and she made me promise not to tell. what's kind and honest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, big sister, sister, me · What happens: ask, be, get, make, promise, not tell · To what, where: mate, boyfriend, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ 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	7 true	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mate	acl
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 true	cop
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 true	nsubj
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sister	nmod:poss
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sister	amod
10	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 got	aux
12	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 true	parataxis
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 boyfriend	det
14	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	obj
15	??	??	PUNCT	_	7 true	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 true	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 made	cc
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 made	nsubj
19	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 true	conj
20	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 made	obj
21	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 made	xcomp
22	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	24 tell	advmod
23	to	to	PART	_	24 tell	mark
24	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 promise	ccomp
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 tell	punct
26	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	28 kind	nsubj
27	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 kind	cop
28	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 tell	ccomp
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 honest	cc
30	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 kind	conj
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	participle		my mate not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	my mate		true property	tree rules
3	get in a quote	present · passive	ur's big sister	a boyfriend		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boyfriend=Stimulus
4	make	past	sister	me		tree rules
5	promise speech: promise	infinitive	me not said here			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	not tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	is	present			kind property	tree rules
8	be					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 · ← Mova's choice

Say she's horrible and nobody would date her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 horrible	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 horrible	cop
4	horrible	horrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	ccomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 date	cc
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 date	compound
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 date	aux
8	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 horrible	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 date	goeswith

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	she					horrible property	tree rules

Option 2

Make up a fake name so nobody guesses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Make	compound:prt
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 name	det
4	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 name	amod
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 guesses	advmod
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 guesses	nsubj
8	guesses	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Make	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	imperative	you not said here	a fake name					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme name=Pivot
2	guess	present	nobody						vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Tell the whole class so the secret's out and it's all done with

The tree, 15 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	_	9 out	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 secret	det
7	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 out	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 out	cop
9	out	out	ADV	_	1 Tell	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 done	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 done	nsubj:pass
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 done	aux
13	all	all	ADV	_	14 done	advmod
14	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tell	conj
15	with	with	ADP	_	14 done	obl

#	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.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient
2	is	present	the secret		out property	tree rules
3	do	present · passive		secret	all property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Say «that's her business, ask her» without lying or telling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 business	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 business	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 business	cop
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 business	nmod:poss
6	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ask	punct
8	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ask	iobj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 ask	punct
11	without	without	SCONJ	_	12 lying	mark
12	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 ask	advcl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 telling	cc
14	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 lying	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	that	her business		tree rules
3	ask speech: ask in a quote	infinitive	you not said here		her = she	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
4	lie	gerund	you not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	tell speech: assert	gerund	you not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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.

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