Test 19 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted

my cousin said "I'll tell u a secret if u swear: I kissed someone at the party, don't tell auntie". what kind of secret is it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, u, kind · What happens: say, tell, swear, kiss, not tell, be · To what, where: secret, u, someone, party, auntie · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 tell	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	aux
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
8	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 tell	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 secret	det
10	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 swear	mark
12	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 swear	nsubj
13	swear	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	advcl
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 kissed	punct
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 kissed	nsubj
16	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
17	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	16 kissed	obj
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 party	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 party	det
20	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 kissed	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 tell	punct
22	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	24 tell	aux
23	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	24 tell	advmod
24	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 kissed	parataxis
25	auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 tell	obj
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 tell	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
28	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	29 kind	det
29	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 it	nsubj
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 secret	case
31	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 kind	nmod
32	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 it	cop
33	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	ccomp
34	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my cousin				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	future	my cousin = cousin	a secret	u		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient secret=Topic
3	swear a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	u				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	kiss in a quote	past	my cousin = cousin	someone		the party	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Co-Agent
5	not tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive · do-support		auntie			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent auntie=Recipient
6	is a	present	what kind of secret	secret			tree rules

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

A private, harmless one about her; keep it unless she's in danger

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 one	det
2	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 one	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 private	punct
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 one	amod
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 one	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 keep	punct
9	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 one	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 keep	obj
11	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	15 danger	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 danger	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 danger	cop
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 danger	case
15	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	infinitive		it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	she			danger			tree rules

Option 2

A funny one, post it online

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 one	det
2	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 post	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 one	punct
5	post	post	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 post	obj
7	online	online	ADV	_	5 post	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	infinitive	a funny one	it				online property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

A dangerous one, so tell the whole class straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 one	det
2	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 tell	advmod
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 one	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 class	amod
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
10	straight	straight	ADV	_	11 away	advmod
11	away	away	ADV	_	6 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	infinitive	a dangerous one not said here	the whole class				away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient

Option 4

A fake one, so tell auntie anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 one	det
2	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 tell	advmod
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 one	acl:relcl
7	auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	6 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	infinitive	a fake one not said here	auntie				anyway property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent auntie=Recipient

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