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Test 4 · ★ · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up

A classmate says he will bring his dad's gun to school to scare someone. You promised to keep his secret. What now?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: classmate, You · What happens: say, bring, scare, promise, keep · To what, where: gun, school, someone, secret · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: A classmate says he will bring his dad's gun to school to scare someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 classmate	det
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bring	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 bring	aux
6	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dad	nmod:poss
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gun	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 dad	case
10	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 school	case
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 scare	mark
14	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 bring	advcl
15	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 scare	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a classmate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bring	future	classmate	classmate's dad's gun		school			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gun=Theme to school=Destination
3	scare	to-infinitive	classmate not said here	someone					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer

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: You promised to keep his secret.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promised	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 secret	nmod:poss
6	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	You						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	You not said here	classmate's secret					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme

Sentence 3: What now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 What	advmod
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Wait until you see the gun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 see	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gun	det
6	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	present	you	the gun					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gun=Stimulus

Option 2

Keep the promise, because promises are sacred and must never break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 promise	det
3	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sacred	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 sacred	mark
6	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sacred	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sacred	cop
8	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 break	cc
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 break	aux
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 break	advmod
12	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 sacred	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the promise					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
2	is	present	promises					sacred property	tree rules
3	not break	must	promises not said here						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

Tell an adult at once; this promise must be broken

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	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Tell	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 broken	punct
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 promise	det
8	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 broken	nsubj:pass
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 broken	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 broken	aux:pass
11	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tell	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	break	must · passive		this promise					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Tell only your best friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	5 friend	advmod
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friend	nmod:poss
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 friend	amod
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		your best friend				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=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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