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Test 4 · A new baby

«Bryony's nan should keep it all secret so Bryony doesn't worry». What does the lesson say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, Bryony, lesson · What happens: keep, not worry, say · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 504 «A new baby» 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: «Bryony's nan should keep it all secret so Bryony doesn't worry».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct
2	Bryony	Bryony	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 nan	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Bryony	case
4	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 keep	aux
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keep	obj
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 secret	det
9	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	xcomp
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	14 worry	mark
11	Bryony	Bryony	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 worry	nsubj
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 worry	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 worry	advmod
14	worry	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 keep	advcl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep in a quote	should	Bryony's nan	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	not worry in a quote	present · do-support	Bryony						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lesson	det
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the lesson						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Secrets always make children feel safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 make	advmod
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	obj
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 make	xcomp
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Secrets	children				always property	tree rules
2	feel	infinitive	children not said here					safe property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Not knowing is scarier than the truth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 knowing	advmod
2	knowing	know	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 scarier	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 scarier	cop
4	scarier	scarey	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 truth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 truth	det
7	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scarier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not know	gerund							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	knowing					than the truth; scarey property	tree rules

Option 3

Kids should never be told anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 told	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 told	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	should · passive		Kids					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient anything=Topic

Option 4

Bryony should find out from the internet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bryony	bryony	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 find	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 find	aux
3	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 find	compound:prt
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 internet	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 internet	det
7	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	should	Bryony			the internet			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from internet=Source

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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