Test 12 · ★ · Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments

kid at school says "tell n it gets worse". do i tell?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, i · What happens: say, tell, get · To what, where: n · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 292 «Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments» 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	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 school	case
3	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kid	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
7	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gets	nsubj
9	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tell	ccomp
10	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 gets	xcomp
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
13	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 tell	aux
14	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 tell	nsubj
15	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kid at school			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive		n		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent n=Recipient clause=Topic
3	get in a quote	present	kid		bad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	i			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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, tell a trusted adult, bullies rely on silence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	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	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rely	punct
8	bullies	bully	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 rely	nsubj
9	rely	rely	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	advcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 silence	case
11	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rely	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a trusted adult		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	rely	present	bullies		on silence	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on silence=Theme

Option 2

Tell the bully's friends instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bully	det
3	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 friends	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 bully	case
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	iobj
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the bully's friends			instead property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient

Option 3

No, only tell your friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 tell	advmod
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friends	nmod:poss
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tell	iobj

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

Option 4

No, keep quiet so it doesn't get worse for you

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	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 keep	xcomp
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 get	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 get	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 get	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 get	advmod
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 keep	advcl
10	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 get	xcomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 you	case
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 worse	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here					quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not get	present · do-support	it					bad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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