Test 11 · ★★ · The secret that got told
«Took that to the grave, bro». What does Raj mean?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Raj · What happens: take, mean · To what, where: that, grave
This is test 11 · ★★ 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: «Took that to the grave, bro».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Took | punct |
| 2 | Took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 Took | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 grave | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 grave | det |
| 6 | grave | grave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Took | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bro | punct |
| 8 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grave | conj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Took | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in a quote | past | that | the grave and bro | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent that=Theme to grave=Destination |
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 does Raj mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | Raj | Raj | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Raj | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
He forgot all about it in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 2 forgot | advmod |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 forgot | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 end | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 end | det |
| 8 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 forgot | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | He | in the end | about it; all property | tree rules |
Option 2
He told everyone at a funeral
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 told | nsubj |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 told | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 funeral | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 funeral | det |
| 6 | funeral | funeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 told | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | He | everyone | a funeral | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He kept the secret
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 kept | nsubj |
| 2 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 secret | det |
| 4 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kept | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | He | the secret | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme |
Option 4
He buried something in the garden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 buried | nsubj |
| 2 | buried | bury | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 buried | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 garden | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 garden | det |
| 6 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 buried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bury | past | He | something | the garden | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent something=Theme in garden=Destination |
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