Test 3 · ★ · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up
Your friend says «I'm scared of the dark» and asks you not to tell. What is kind?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend · What happens: say, be, ask, not tell · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Your friend says «I'm scared of the dark» and asks you not to tell.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 scared | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 scared | nsubj |
| 6 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 scared | cop |
| 7 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 dark | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dark | det |
| 10 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scared | obl |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 scared | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 asks | cc |
| 13 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 asks | obj |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 tell | advmod |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 tell | mark |
| 17 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 asks | xcomp |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Your friend = friend | of the dark; scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | present | Your friend not said here | you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | not tell speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | Your friend not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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.
Sentence 2: What is kind?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kind | cop |
| 3 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 kind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | kind property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Post it online to raise awareness and help him get braver
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Post | post | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Post | obj |
| 3 | online | online | ADV | _ | 1 Post | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 raise | mark |
| 5 | raise | raise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Post | advcl |
| 6 | awareness | awareness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 raise | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 help | cc |
| 8 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 raise | conj |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 help | obj |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 help | xcomp |
| 11 | braver | brave | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | post | imperative | you not said here | it | online property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | raise | to-infinitive | you not said here | awareness | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent awareness=Theme | ||||
| 3 | help | infinitive | you not said here | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | get | infinitive | him = he not said here | brave property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Tell his sister for a laugh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 laugh | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 laugh | det |
| 6 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | his sister | for a laugh | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Keep it private, as it is personal and harmless
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 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 personal | punct |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 personal | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 personal | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 personal | cop |
| 8 | personal | personal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | parataxis |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 harmless | cc |
| 10 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 personal | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | private property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | it | personal property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | tree rules |
Option 4
Tell everyone so they help him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 help | advmod |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 help | nsubj |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | advcl |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 help | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | help | present | they | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
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