Test 10 · ★★ · The secret that got told
In a film, the hero keeps a friend's dangerous secret to the end and it all works out. What's true in real life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hero · What happens: keep, work out, be · To what, where: dangerous secret, film, real life
This is test 10 · ★★ 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: In a film, the hero keeps a friend's dangerous secret to the end and it all works out.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keeps | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hero | det |
| 6 | hero | hero | 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 | 9 friend | det |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 secret | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 friend | case |
| 11 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 secret | amod |
| 12 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keeps | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 end | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 end | det |
| 15 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keeps | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 works | cc |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 works | nsubj |
| 18 | all | all | ADV | _ | 19 works | advmod |
| 19 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 keeps | conj |
| 20 | out | out | ADP | _ | 19 works | compound:prt |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | the hero | a friend's dangerous secret | a film | to the end | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent secret=Theme in film=Location | ||
| 2 | work out | present | hero | all property | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=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's true in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 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 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Grown-ups can't help with secrets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grown | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 help | nsubj |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 help | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 help | advmod |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 secrets | case |
| 8 | secrets | secret | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 help | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | not help | can | Grown ups | with secrets | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with secret=Theme |
Option 2
Dangerous secrets are best kept
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 secrets | amod |
| 2 | secrets | secret | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 kept | aux:pass |
| 4 | best | well | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 kept | advmod |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present · passive | Dangerous secrets | well property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Only tell once it's too late
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 tell | advmod |
| 2 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 7 late | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 late | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 late | cop |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 late | advmod |
| 7 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | late property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
If someone's being hurt, tell a grown-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 hurt | mark |
| 2 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 someone | case |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 hurt | aux:pass |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 tell | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 hurt | punct |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 up | det |
| 9 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 up | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 up | punct |
| 11 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt a condition, not said to happen | gerund · passive | someone | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a grown up | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |
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