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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.

nmod:possnsubjpunctnsubjcopccompcasedetoblpunctccconjobjadvmodmarkxcomppunctrootYourPRONfriendNOUNsaysVERB«PUNCTIPRON'mAUXscaredADJofADPtheDETdarkNOUN»PUNCTandCCONJasksVERByouPRONnotPARTtoPARTtellVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 friendnmod:poss
2friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4««PUNCT_7 scaredpunct
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 scarednsubj
6'mbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 scaredcop
7scaredscaredADJDegree=Pos3 saysccomp
8ofofADP_10 darkcase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 darkdet
10darkdarkNOUNNumber=Sing7 scaredobl
11»»PUNCT_7 scaredpunct
12andandCCONJ_13 askscc
13asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 saysconj
14youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs13 asksobj
15notnotPARTPolarity=Neg17 telladvmod
16totoPART_17 tellmark
17telltellVERBVerbForm=Inf13 asksxcomp
18..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour friendvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is in a quotepresentYour friend = friendof the dark; scared propertytree rules
3ask speech: askpresentYour friend not said hereyouvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
4not tell speech: assert not said to happento-infinitiveYour friend not said herevn 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?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXkindADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 kindnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 kindcop
3kindkindADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 kindpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentkind propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Post it online to raise awareness and help him get braver

objadvmodmarkadvclobjccconjobjxcompxcomprootPostVERBitPRONonlineADVtoPARTraiseVERBawarenessNOUNandCCONJhelpVERBhimPRONgetVERBbraverADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PostpostVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Postobj
3onlineonlineADV_1 Postadvmod
4totoPART_5 raisemark
5raiseraiseVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Postadvcl
6awarenessawarenessNOUNNumber=Sing5 raiseobj
7andandCCONJ_8 helpcc
8helphelpVERBVerbForm=Inf5 raiseconj
9himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 helpobj
10getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf8 helpxcomp
11braverbraveADJDegree=Cmp10 getxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1postimperativeyou not said hereitonline propertyvn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2raiseto-infinitiveyou not said hereawarenessvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent awareness=Theme
3helpinfinitiveyou not said herehim = hevn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
4getinfinitivehim = he not said herebrave propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Tell his sister for a laugh

nmod:possiobjcasedetoblrootTellVERBhisPRONsisterNOUNforADPaDETlaughNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TelltellVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 sisternmod:poss
3sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing1 Telliobj
4forforADP_6 laughcase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 laughdet
6laughlaughNOUNNumber=Sing1 Tellobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertimperativeyou not said herehis sisterfor a laughvn 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

objxcomppunctmarknsubjcopparataxisccconjrootKeepVERBitPRONprivateADJ,PUNCTasSCONJitPRONisAUXpersonalADJandCCONJharmlessADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KeepkeepVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Keepobj
3privateprivateADJDegree=Pos1 Keepxcomp
4,,PUNCT_8 personalpunct
5asasSCONJ_8 personalmark
6ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 personalnsubj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 personalcop
8personalpersonalADJDegree=Pos1 Keepparataxis
9andandCCONJ_10 harmlesscc
10harmlessharmlessADJDegree=Pos8 personalconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keepimperativeyou not said hereitprivate propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2ispresentitpersonal propertytree rules
3betree rules

Option 4

Tell everyone so they help him

iobjadvmodnsubjadvclobjrootTellVERBeveryonePRONsoADVtheyPRONhelpVERBhimPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TelltellVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot1 Telliobj
3sosoADV_5 helpadvmod
4theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs5 helpnsubj
5helphelpVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Telladvcl
6himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 helpobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertimperativeyou not said hereeveryonevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
2helppresenttheyhim = hevn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

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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