Test 8 · Trusted adults and asking for help

A child tells his mum about a problem, but she says she is too tired to talk. What is wise?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, she · What happens: tell, say, be, talk · To what, where: mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» 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: A child tells his mum about a problem, but she says she is too tired to talk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tells	nsubj
3	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tells	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 problem	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 problem	det
8	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tells	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 says	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tells	conj
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 tired	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 tired	cop
15	too	too	ADV	_	16 tired	advmod
16	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 says	ccomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 talk	mark
18	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 tired	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	a child	child's mum	about a problem	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient about problem=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	she			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	she		tired property	tree rules
4	talk	to-infinitive	she not said here			vn talk-37.5 «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 is wise?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wise	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wise	cop
3	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wise property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Keep it a secret until he is grown up and can sort it out himself

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 secret	det
4	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	xcomp
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 grown	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grown	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 grown	aux:pass
8	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Keep	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 grown	compound:prt
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sort	cc
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 sort	aux
12	sort	sort	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sort	obj
14	out	out	ADP	_	12 sort	compound:prt
15	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 sort	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	grow up	present · passive		he		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3	sort out	can	you not said here	secret	himself = he obl:unmarked	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Solve it alone, even if it is dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Solve	solve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Solve	obj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Solve	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dangerous	punct
5	even	even	ADV	_	9 dangerous	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 dangerous	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dangerous	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dangerous	cop
9	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Solve	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solve	imperative	you not said here	it				alone property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	it					dangerous property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tell her it is important or tell another trusted adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 important	expl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 important	cop
5	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 tell	cc
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 adult	det
9	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 adult	amod
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	her = she		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is	present			important property	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	another trusted adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
4	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Never tell anyone about anything again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 tell	advmod
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 tell	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 anything	case
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 tell	obl
6	again	again	ADV	_	2 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		anyone		again	about anything	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient about anything=Topic

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