Test 1 · ★★★ · When not to keep a friend's secret
Friend: «promise u won't tell, I'm running away tonight». What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Friend, you · What happens: promise, not tell, run away, do · To what, where: u · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 437 «When not to keep a friend's secret» 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: Friend: «promise u won't tell, I'm running away tonight».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tell | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 promise | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 promise | punct |
| 4 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Friend | conj |
| 5 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 promise | obj |
| 6 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 tell | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 tell | advmod |
| 8 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 running | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 running | nsubj |
| 11 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 running | aux |
| 12 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 tell | ccomp |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 12 running | advmod |
| 14 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 running | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 running | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise in a quote | infinitive | Friend not said here | u | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not tell speech: assert in a quote | future | Friend | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | run away in a quote | present · progressive | Friend | tonight | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: What should you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell a grown-up, because she could get hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 grown | det |
| 3 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 grown | compound |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hurt | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 hurt | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 hurt | aux |
| 10 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 hurt | aux:pass |
| 11 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a grown | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | hurt | could · passive | she | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
Keep the promise no matter what happens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 promise | det |
| 3 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obj |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 matter | det |
| 5 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obj |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 happens | nsubj |
| 7 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | the promise | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent promise=Theme matter=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | happen | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Go with her so she isn't alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 her | case |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Go | obl |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 n't | advmod |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 n't | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 n't | cop |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 1 Go | advmod |
| 8 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | imperative | you not said here | with her = she; alone property | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with she=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Help her pack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Help | obj |
| 3 | pack | pack | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Help | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pack | infinitive | her = she not said here | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
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