Test 2 · ★★★ · When not to keep a friend's secret
Online «friend», a grown-up: «don't tell your parents about our chats». What is this?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: our, this · What happens: grow up, not tell, chat, be · To what, where: parents · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: Online «friend», a grown-up: «don't tell your parents about our chats».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Online | online | ADV | _ | 3 friend | advmod |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 friend | punct |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 friend | punct |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 a | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 friend | appos |
| 7 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 a | acl |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 up | punct |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 grown | compound:prt |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 tell | punct |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 tell | punct |
| 12 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 14 tell | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 tell | advmod |
| 14 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 a | parataxis |
| 15 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 parents | nmod:poss |
| 16 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 tell | iobj |
| 17 | about | about | ADP | _ | 19 chats | case |
| 18 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 chats | nmod:poss |
| 19 | chats | chat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 tell | obl |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 tell | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 friend | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow up | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | not tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive · do-support | your parents | about our chats | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient about chat=Topic | ||||
| 3 | chat in a quote | our | nom chat «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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 is this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A normal friendly rule for online chats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rule | det |
| 2 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rule | amod |
| 3 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rule | amod |
| 4 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 chats | case |
| 6 | online | online | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 chats | amod |
| 7 | chats | chat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 rule | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A danger sign — tell a grown-up at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sign | det |
| 2 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sign | compound |
| 3 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 sign | punct |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 grown | det |
| 7 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | obj |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 up | punct |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 grown | compound |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 once | case |
| 11 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | a danger sign | a grown | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
A secret you should keep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 secret | det |
| 2 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 keep | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 keep | aux |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 secret | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | should | you | a secret not said here | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme |
Option 4
A game everyone plays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 game | det |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 plays | nsubj |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 plays | nsubj |
| 4 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present | a game | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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