Test 7 · ★★ · The secret that got told

What would probably happen if Connor had told the lads about Kieran's dad's job?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad · What happens: happen, tell, job · To what, where: Connor · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 told	mark
6	Connor	Connor	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 told	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 told	aux
8	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 happen	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lads	det
10	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 told	obj
11	about	about	ADP	_	16 job	case
12	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 dad	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Kieran	case
14	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 job	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 dad	case
16	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lads	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would			probably property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		Connor		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient lad=Topic
3	job		Kieran's dad			nom job «act intransitive»: poss=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.

The options

Option 1

Kieran would be grateful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 grateful	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 grateful	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 grateful	cop
4	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	Kieran					grateful property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Kieran would feel betrayed and stop trusting him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 feel	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 feel	aux
3	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	betrayed	betray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 feel	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 stop	cc
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 feel	conj
7	trusting	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stop	xcomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 trusting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	feel	would	Kieran		vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	betray	participle	Kieran not said here		tree rules
3	stop	infinitive	Kieran not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	trust	gerund	Kieran not said here	Kieran	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

Nothing, nobody would care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 care	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 care	aux
5	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nothing	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	would	nobody						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Kieran's dad would get his job back sooner with their help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Kieran	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 job	nmod:poss
7	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
8	back	back	ADV	_	9 sooner	advmod
9	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 get	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 help	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 help	nmod:poss
12	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sooner	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	would	Kieran's dad	dad's job	soon property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus
2	job		dad			nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent
3	help		their = they			nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent

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