Test 11 · ★ · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up

kid in my class says he's bringing a knife tmrw

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid · What happens: say, bring · To what, where: knife tmrw · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 285 «Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning 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	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 class	case
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 class	nmod:poss
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kid	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bringing	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bringing	aux
8	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 says	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tmrw	det
10	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tmrw	compound
11	tmrw	tmrw	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bringing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kid in my class						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bring	present · progressive	kid	a knife tmrw					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tmrw=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

Only tell him it's a bad idea

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	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tell	iobj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 idea	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 idea	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 idea	det
7	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 idea	amod
8	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is a	present	it	a bad idea					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Keep quiet, he's probably just joking to look tough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 joking	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 joking	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 joking	aux
6	probably	probably	ADV	_	8 joking	advmod
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 joking	advmod
8	joking	joke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Keep	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 look	mark
10	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 joking	xcomp
11	tough	tough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	joke speech: other	present · progressive	he	probably property	tree rules
3	look	to-infinitive	he not said here	tough property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Wait and see if he brings it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 see	cc
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 brings	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 brings	nsubj
6	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 brings	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	infinitive	you not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	bring a condition, not said to happen	present	he	it	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Tell an adult right away, it's a danger to everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	right	right	ADV	_	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 danger	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 danger	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 danger	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 danger	det
10	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 everyone	case
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 danger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult			away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	is a	present	adult	a danger				to everyone	tree rules

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