Test 4 · ★ · Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills

Which is true about telling a school counsellor about a worry?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, tell · To what, where: school counsellor · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 307 «Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 telling	mark
5	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 true	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 counsellor	det
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 counsellor	compound
8	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 telling	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 worry	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 worry	det
11	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 counsellor	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	gerund		a school counsellor				about a worry	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent counsellor=Recipient about worry=Topic

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

Counsellors are there to help, and sharing makes worries lighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Counsellors	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 there	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 there	cop
3	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 help	mark
5	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 there	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 makes	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 makes	cc
8	sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 makes	nsubj
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 there	conj
10	worries	worry	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 makes	obj
11	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Counsellors		there property	tree rules
2	help	to-infinitive	Counsellors not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	share	gerund				tree rules
4	make	present		worries	light property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset worry=Product

Option 2

Worries are best kept secret until they vanish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Worries	worry	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kept	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	aux:pass
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 kept	advmod
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kept	xcomp
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 vanish	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 vanish	nsubj
8	vanish	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present · passive		Worries				secret, well property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	vanish	present	Worries = worry						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Counsellors only help with homework and tests, not with feelings or home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Counsellors	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 help	advmod
3	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 homework	case
5	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 help	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tests	cc
7	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 homework	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 feelings	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 feelings	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 feelings	case
11	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 home	cc
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feelings	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Counsellors					with homework and tests; with feelings or home	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with homework=Theme

Option 4

Telling a worry always gets you into trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 gets	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 worry	det
3	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 gets	advmod
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 gets	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 trouble	case
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund		a worry					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent worry=Recipient
2	get	present	Telling	you		trouble		always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

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