Test 11 · ★★ · «Free V-bucks» and other scams
«pls dont tell ur parents about this offer, its secret». Why is the secrecy a warning?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, secrecy · What happens: tell, be · To what, where: secret, parents · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 416 ««Free V-bucks» and other scams» 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
Sentence 1: «pls dont tell ur parents about this offer, its secret».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| 2 | pls | pls | INTJ | _ | 4 tell | discourse |
| 3 | dont | dont | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 tell | dep |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 parents | nmod:poss |
| 6 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tell | obj |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 offer | case |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 offer | det |
| 9 | offer | offer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 secret | punct |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 secret | nmod:poss |
| 12 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obl |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert in a quote | imperative | you not said here | offer's secret | ur's parents | about this offer | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient about offer=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.
Sentence 2: Why is the secrecy a warning?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 secrecy | det |
| 4 | secrecy | secrecy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 warning | det |
| 6 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the secrecy | why property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Parents would want the offer for themselves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 want | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 want | aux |
| 3 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 offer | det |
| 5 | offer | offer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 want | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 themselves | case |
| 7 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 want | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | would | Parents | the offer | for Parents = parent | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot offer=Theme |
Option 2
Secret offers are always the best ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 offers | amod |
| 2 | offers | offer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 ones | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ones | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 ones | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ones | det |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 ones | amod |
| 7 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Secret offers | the best ones | always property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Secrets make a game more exciting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Secrets | secret | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 game | det |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 exciting | advmod |
| 6 | exciting | exciting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Secrets | a game | exciting property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset game=Product |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Scammers don't want a grown-up to spot it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scammers | scammer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 want | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 want | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 want | advmod |
| 4 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 grown | det |
| 6 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 want | xcomp |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 up | punct |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 grown | compound:prt |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 spot | mark |
| 10 | spot | spot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 want | xcomp |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 spot | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not want | present · do-support | Scammers | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | grow up not said to happen | participle | Scammers not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | spot not said to happen | to-infinitive | Scammers not said here | it | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |
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