Test 18 · ★ · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up
Mia told me she still wets the bed sometimes, it's a secret. should i tell the group
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, bed, i · What happens: tell, wet, be · To what, where: me, bed, secret, group · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 18 · ★ 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 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 told | nsubj |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 told | iobj |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wets | nsubj |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 wets | advmod |
| 6 | wets | wet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 told | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bed | det |
| 8 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wets | obj |
| 9 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 wets | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 secret | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 secret | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 secret | cop |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 secret | det |
| 14 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wets | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 tell | punct |
| 16 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 tell | aux |
| 17 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 tell | nsubj |
| 18 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 told | conj |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 group | det |
| 20 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | Mia | me | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | wet | present | Mia | the bed | still | sometimes property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bed=Patient | ||
| 3 | is a | present | bed | a secret | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | should | i | the group | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent group=Recipient |
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
Yes, if she annoys you later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 annoys | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 annoys | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 annoys | nsubj |
| 5 | annoys | annoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 annoys | obj |
| 7 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 annoys | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | annoy | present | she | you | late property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |
Option 2
Yes, it's funny and everyone in the group should know about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 funny | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 funny | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 funny | cop |
| 5 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 know | cc |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 know | nsubj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 group | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 group | det |
| 10 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 everyone | nmod |
| 11 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 know | aux |
| 12 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 funny | conj |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 it | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 know | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | funny property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know | should | everyone | about group | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yes, but only to two people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 people | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 people | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 people | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 people | case |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 people | nummod |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, keep a friend's harmless private worry to yourself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 keep | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 friend | det |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 worry | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 friend | case |
| 7 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 worry | amod |
| 8 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 worry | amod |
| 9 | worry | worry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keep | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 yourself | case |
| 11 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | a friend's harmless private worry | yourself | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worry=Theme | |||
| 2 | worry | a friend | nom worry «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
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