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Test 11 · ★★★ · When not to keep a friend's secret

In a cartoon, a kid keeps a dangerous secret alone and fixes it all himself. What's wiser in real life?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid · What happens: keep, fix, be · To what, where: dangerous secret, cartoon, secret, real life

This is test 11 · ★★★ 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: In a cartoon, a kid keeps a dangerous secret alone and fixes it all himself.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kid	det
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	nsubj
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 secret	det
9	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 secret	amod
10	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	obj
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 keeps	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 fixes	cc
13	fixes	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 keeps	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fixes	obj
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 it	det
16	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 fixes	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	a kid	a dangerous secret		a cartoon		alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent secret=Theme in cartoon=Location
2	fix	present	a kid not said here	secret					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary himself=Product

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's wiser in real life?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wiser	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wiser	cop
3	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 life	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 life	amod
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wiser	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wiser	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				real life		wise property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Tell only other kids in your class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 kids	advmod
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kids	amod
4	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	iobj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 class	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 class	nmod:poss
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		other kids	your class			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient

Option 2

Handle it alone, just like the cartoon kid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Handle	handle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Handle	obj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Handle	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 kid	punct
5	just	just	ADV	_	9 kid	advmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 kid	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kid	det
8	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kid	compound
9	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Handle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	handle	imperative	you not said here	it				alone property	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Wait until you're older and can sort it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 older	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 older	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 older	cop
5	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Wait	advcl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sort	cc
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sort	aux
8	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sort	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	you					old property	tree rules
3	sort	can	you not said here	it					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Tell a trusted grown-up who can help

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	4 grown	det
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 grown	amod
4	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 up	punct
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 grown	compound
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 help	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 help	aux
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 grown	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a trusted grown					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient
2	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	help	can	a trusted grown						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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