Test 11 · ★ · Speaking up, saying no and growing up

they told me not to tell anyone they're picking on me

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: tell, not tell, pick · To what, where: me, anyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 215 «Speaking up, saying no and growing up» 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	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 tell	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 tell	mark
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	xcomp
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 tell	obj
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 picking	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 picking	aux
10	picking	pick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 tell	ccomp
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 me	case
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 picking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	they		me		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	anyone			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient clause=Topic
3	pick	present · progressive	they			on me	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent on i=Patient

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 the bullies' 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	_	6 friends	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bullies	det
4	bullies	bully	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 friends	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 bullies	case
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	ccomp

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

Option 2

Keep it secret, just as they said

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	_	8 said	punct
5	just	just	ADV	_	8 said	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 said	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj

#	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	say speech: assert	past	they						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell a trusted adult anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 adult	amod
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a trusted adult			anyway property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Wait until it stops by itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 stops	mark
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stops	nsubj
4	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 itself	case
6	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 stops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	present	it					by itself = it	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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