Test 6 · ★★ · The secret that got told «spill the tea, why's Chloe sad, is it her parents?» (spill the tea means tell the gossip.) What should Hana say?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, tea, Hana · What happens: spill, be, mean, tell, say · To what, where: tea, parents, gossip · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: «spill the tea, why's Chloe sad, is it her parents?»
punct det obj punct advmod cop compound advcl punct cop nsubj nmod:poss obl punct punct root « PUNCT spill VERB the DET tea NOUN , PUNCT why ADV 's AUX Chloe PROPN sad ADJ , PUNCT is AUX it PRON her PRON parents NOUN ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 spill punct 2 spill spill VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 tea det 4 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 2 spill obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 sad punct 6 why why ADV PronType=Int 9 sad advmod 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 sad cop 8 Chloe Chloe PROPN Number=Sing 9 sad compound 9 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 2 spill advcl 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 parents punct 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 parents cop 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 parents nsubj 13 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 parents nmod:poss 14 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 2 spill obl 15 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 spill punct 16 » » PUNCT _ 2 spill punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 spill in a quote imperative you not said here the tea vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tea=Theme 2 is in a quote present you not said here sad property tree rules 3 is a in a quote present tea her parents 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: (spill the tea means tell the gossip.)
punct det nsubj ccomp xcomp det obj punct punct root ( PUNCT spill VERB the DET tea NOUN means VERB tell VERB the DET gossip NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 spill punct 2 spill spill VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 tea det 4 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 spill ccomp 6 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 means xcomp 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 gossip det 8 gossip gossip NOUN Number=Sing 6 tell obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 spill punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 2 spill punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 spill imperative you not said here tree rules 2 mean present the tea vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 tell speech: assert not said to happen infinitive the tea not said here the gossip vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gossip=Recipient
Sentence 3: What should Hana say?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX Hana PROPN say VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 say obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 3 Hana Hana PROPN Number=Sing 4 say nsubj 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert should Hana vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 Make up a juicier story
compound:prt det amod obj root Make VERB up ADP a DET juicier ADJ story NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 up up ADP _ 1 Make compound:prt 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 story det 4 juicier juicy ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 story amod 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 1 Make obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make up imperative you not said here a juicier story vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer It's private, I'm not saying
nsubj cop punct nsubj aux advmod parataxis root It PRON 's AUX private ADJ , PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX not PART saying VERB 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 3 private nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 private cop 3 private private ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 saying punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 saying nsubj 6 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 saying aux 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 saying advmod 8 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 private parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It private property tree rules 2 not say speech: assert present · progressive I vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Post it in the chat
obj case det obl root Post VERB it PRON in ADP the DET chat NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Post post VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Post obj 3 in in ADP _ 5 chat case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 chat det 5 chat chat NOUN Number=Sing 1 Post obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 post imperative you not said here it the chat vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Yeah, they're splitting up, tell everyone
discourse punct nsubj aux compound:prt punct advcl iobj root Yeah INTJ , PUNCT they PRON 're AUX splitting VERB up ADP , PUNCT tell VERB everyone PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yeah yeah INTJ _ 5 splitting discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 5 splitting punct 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 splitting nsubj 4 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 splitting aux 5 splitting split VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 up up ADP _ 5 splitting compound:prt 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 tell punct 8 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 splitting advcl 9 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 8 tell iobj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 split up present · progressive they vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 tell speech: assert infinitive they not said here everyone vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
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