Test 3 · ★★ · The secret that got told
«she'll hate me if I tell». What does the lesson show about that worry?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, I, lesson · What happens: hate, tell, show · To what, where: me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: «she'll hate me if I tell».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 hate | punct |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hate | nsubj |
| 3 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 hate | aux |
| 4 | hate | hate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 hate | obj |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 tell | mark |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 tell | nsubj |
| 8 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hate | advcl |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 tell | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 hate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate in a quote | future | she | me | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | I | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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 does the lesson show about that worry?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 show | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 show | nsubj |
| 5 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 worry | case |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 worry | det |
| 8 | worry | worry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 show | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | the lesson | about that worry | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about worry=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
She may be cross at first but she'll be safer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cross | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 cross | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cross | cop |
| 4 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 first | case |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 cross | obl |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 safer | cc |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 safer | nsubj |
| 9 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 safer | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 safer | cop |
| 11 | safer | safe | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 cross | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | may | She | cross property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | future | she | safe property | tree rules |
Option 2
She'll hate you forever, so it's best not to tell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hate | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hate | aux |
| 3 | hate | hate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 hate | obj |
| 5 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 3 hate | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 tell | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 tell | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 tell | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 tell | cop |
| 10 | best | well | ADV | Degree=Sup | 11 not | advmod |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 tell | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 tell | mark |
| 13 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 hate | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | future | She | you | forever property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | not is | present | it | tell property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It doesn't matter if she's hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 matter | advmod |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 hurt | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hurt | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hurt | aux:pass |
| 8 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 matter | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | It | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | hurt a condition, not said to happen | present · passive | she | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
She'll be happy at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 happy | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happy | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 happy | cop |
| 4 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 once | case |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 happy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | She | happy property | tree rules |
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