Test 7 · ★ · Questions, group work and the adults at school

Why is it right to tell a parent if an adult asks you to keep an uncomfortable secret?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, adult · What happens: be, tell, ask, keep · To what, where: parent, you, uncomfortable secret · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 right	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 right	nsubj
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 tell	mark
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 right	csubj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 parent	det
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 asks	mark
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 asks	nsubj
12	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tell	advcl
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 asks	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 keep	mark
15	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 asks	xcomp
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 secret	det
17	uncomfortable	uncomfortable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 secret	amod
18	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 keep	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			right property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			a parent		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
3	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen	present	a adult		you		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
4	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	a adult not said here	a uncomfortable secret			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme

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

You will get a prize for telling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 prize	det
5	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 telling	mark
7	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 get	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	future	You	a prize					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prize=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	You not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is fun to tell secrets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fun	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fun	cop
3	fun	fun	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fun	xcomp
6	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					fun property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive		secrets					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Recipient

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

Safe adults never ask children to keep worrying secrets

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	4 ask	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 ask	advmod
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ask	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ask	xcomp
8	worrying	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 secrets	amod
9	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	present	Safe adults		children	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent child=Recipient clause=Topic
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	Safe adults not said here	worrying secrets		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme
3	worry	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Adults always want secrets told to parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 want	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 want	advmod
3	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 want	obj
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 secrets	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 parents	case
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Adults	secrets				always property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot secret=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	participle		secrets not said here	parents				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to parent=Recipient

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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