Test 17 · ★ · Questions, group work and the adults at school

did u hear some adult at a club told a kid to keep a secret from his parents and the kid got really worried? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, club, kid · What happens: hear, tell, keep, get · To what, where: adult, kid, secret, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults at school» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 adult	det
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
6	at	at	SCONJ	_	9 told	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 club	det
8	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	nsubj
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 kid	det
11	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 keep	mark
13	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	xcomp
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 secret	det
15	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 keep	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 parents	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 parents	nmod:poss
18	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 keep	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 got	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 kid	det
21	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 got	nsubj
22	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 told	conj
23	really	really	ADV	_	24 worried	advmod
24	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 got	xcomp
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	27 lesson	punct
26	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 lesson	amod
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 got	obl
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	some adult			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	past	a club		a kid		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient clause=Topic
3	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	a club not said here	a secret		from club's parents	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer secret=Beneficiary from parent=Eventuality
4	get	past	the kid	real lesson		worried property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Keep the secret because an adult said so

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 secret	det
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 said	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl
8	so	so	ADV	_	7 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the secret					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	a adult						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Only tell if the adult says you can, otherwise keep quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 tell	advmod
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 says	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 adult	det
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tell	advcl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 can	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 says	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 keep	punct
10	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	11 keep	advmod
11	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 tell	conj
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	the adult		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	keep	infinitive	you not said here	otherwise, quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Safe adults don't ask for worrying secrets; tell someone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 adults	amod
2	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ask	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ask	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 ask	advmod
5	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 secrets	case
7	worrying	worrying	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 secrets	compound
8	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ask	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ask	parataxis
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	present · do-support	Safe adults					for worrying secrets	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive			someone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient

Option 4

Secrets with adults are always fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fine	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 adults	case
3	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Secrets	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 fine	advmod
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Secrets with adults					always, fine property	tree rules

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