Test 21 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted

a grown-up you know says "our special friendship is our secret, don't tell your mum". what do you do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, special friendship · What happens: grow up, know, say, be, not tell, do · To what, where: secret, mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★ 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 grown	det
2	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 says	nsubj
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 up	punct
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 grown	compound:prt
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 know	nsubj
6	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grown	acl:relcl
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 secret	punct
9	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 friendship	nmod:poss
10	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 friendship	amod
11	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 secret	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 secret	cop
13	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 secret	nmod:poss
14	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 tell	punct
16	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	18 tell	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 tell	advmod
18	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 says	parataxis
19	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 mum	nmod:poss
20	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tell	obj
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 tell	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 do	obj
24	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 do	aux
25	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	26 do	nsubj
26	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 says	ccomp
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	grow up	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	know	present	you			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	say speech: assert	present				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	is a in a quote	present	our special friendship	our secret		tree rules
5	not tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive · do-support			your mum	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
6	do	present · do-support	you			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Keep it, he is being nice to you and you don't want to get him into any trouble

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 nice	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 nice	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 nice	cop
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 nice	cop
7	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	parataxis
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 nice	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 want	cc
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 want	nsubj
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 want	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 want	advmod
14	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 nice	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 get	mark
16	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 want	xcomp
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 get	obj
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 trouble	case
19	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	20 trouble	det
20	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	he		you		nice property	tree rules
3	not want	present · do-support	you					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	him = he		any trouble		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 2

Ask him to buy you something to keep it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 buy	mark
4	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 buy	iobj
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 buy	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 buy	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		him = he	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	buy not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	something	you	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary something=Theme
3	keep	to-infinitive	you not said here	it		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Promise and forget about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Promise	promise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 forget	cc
3	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Promise	conj
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forget	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	imperative	you not said here						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	forget	infinitive	you not said here					about it	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell your mum or another trusted adult; grown-ups should not ask kids for secrets like that

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mum	nmod:poss
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 adult	cc
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 adult	det
6	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 adult	amod
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mum	conj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 ask	punct
9	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 ups	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 ups	punct
11	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 ask	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 ask	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 ask	advmod
14	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	conj
15	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 ask	iobj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 secrets	case
17	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 ask	obl
18	like	like	ADP	_	19 that	case
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 secrets	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	your mum or another trusted adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
2	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not ask speech: ask	should	grown ups	kids	for secrets like that	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient

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