Test 1 · ★★ · The secret that got told
«I only told one person, so it's basically still a secret». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, person · What happens: tell, be · To what, where: one person, secret · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 476 «The secret that got told» 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: «I only told one person, so it's basically still a secret».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 told | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 told | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 told | advmod |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 person | nummod |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 secret | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 secret | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 secret | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 secret | cop |
| 11 | basically | basically | ADV | _ | 14 secret | advmod |
| 12 | still | still | ADV | _ | 14 secret | advmod |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 secret | det |
| 14 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 told | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 told | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert in a quote | past | I | one person | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | person | a secret | still | basically property | tree rules |
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: Is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Is | nsubj |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | person | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, «one person» is how it spreads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 10 spreads | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 person | nummod |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 spreads | nsubj |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 spreads | cop |
| 8 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 spreads | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 spreads | nsubj |
| 10 | spreads | spread | 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 | is | present | one person | spread property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
No, but only if it's two people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 people | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 people | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 people | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 people | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 people | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 people | cop |
| 8 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 people | nummod |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | two people | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, if they're your best friend in the world
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 friend | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 friend | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 friend | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 friend | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 friend | cop |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friend | nmod:poss |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 friend | amod |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 world | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 world | det |
| 11 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 friend | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | they | your best friend | the world | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, one person doesn't count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 count | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 person | nummod |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 count | nsubj |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 count | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 count | advmod |
| 7 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | present · do-support | one person | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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