Test 9 · ★ · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up

uncle says the touching thing is "our secret". keep it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, touching thing · What happens: say, be, keep · To what, where: secret, thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	touching	touching	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	compound
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secret	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 secret	cop
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 secret	punct
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 secret	nmod:poss
9	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 secret	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
12	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 keep	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	uncle		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	the touching thing	our secret	tree rules
3	keep	infinitive	uncle not said here	thing	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

Yes, unless he does it again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 does	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 does	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	5 does	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 does	nsubj
5	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 does	obj
7	again	again	ADV	_	5 does	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	he	it			again		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, tell a trusted adult soon, it's not your fault

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
5	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 adult	amod
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
7	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 tell	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fault	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fault	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fault	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 fault	advmod
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 fault	nmod:poss
13	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a trusted adult	soon property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not is a	present	adult	your fault			tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Only tell your best friend

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	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	2 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

Option 4

Yes, promises must always be kept, even ones to grown-ups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kept	nsubj:pass
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 kept	aux
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 kept	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 kept	aux:pass
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ones	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	10 ones	advmod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kept	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 ups	case
12	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 ups	amod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 grown	punct
14	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	must · passive		promises				to grown ups; ones obl; always property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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