Test 18 · My body belongs to me

heard a grown-up told a kid to keep a secret about a game that made him feel weird, and he did

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: grown up, game, kid, up · What happens: hear, grow, tell, keep, make, feel · To what, where: kid, secret · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 of lesson 57 «My body belongs to me» 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 up	det
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 up	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 up	punct
5	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	parataxis
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 kid	det
8	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 keep	mark
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 told	xcomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 secret	det
12	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obj
13	about	about	ADP	_	15 game	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 game	det
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 secret	nmod
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 made	nsubj
17	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 game	acl:relcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 made	obj
19	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 made	xcomp
20	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 feel	xcomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 did	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 did	cc
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 did	nsubj
24	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	grow	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	past	a grown up		a kid		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient clause=Topic
4	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	a grown up not said here	a secret		about a game	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent secret=Theme about game=Location
5	make	past	a game	kid			tree rules
6	feel	infinitive	kid not said here			weird property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
7	do	past	up				vn act-114-1 «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.

The options

Option 1

It shows that secrets from grown-ups must always be kept, whatever they are about

The tree, 15 words

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	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 kept	mark
4	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 kept	nsubj:pass
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 ups	case
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 ups	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 grown	punct
8	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 secrets	nmod
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 kept	aux
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	12 kept	advmod
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 kept	aux:pass
12	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 shows	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 whatever	punct
14	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 shows	obj
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 whatever	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 whatever	cop
17	about	about	ADV	_	14 whatever	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	show	present	It			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	keep	must · passive		secrets from grown ups	always property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	is a	present	secrets = secret	whatever	about property	tree rules

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

The real lesson: a secret that makes you feel bad must be told

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lesson	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lesson	amod
3	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 secret	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 secret	det
6	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 told	nsubj:pass
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 makes	nsubj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 secret	acl:relcl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 makes	obj
10	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 makes	xcomp
11	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feel	xcomp
12	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 told	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 told	aux:pass
14	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lesson	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	a secret	you		tree rules
2	feel	infinitive	you not said here		bad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	tell speech: assert	must · passive	the real lesson not said here	a secret		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3

It means games with adults are always fine

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fine	nsubj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 adults	case
5	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 games	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fine	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 fine	advmod
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	games with adults					always, fine property	tree rules

Option 4

It is gossip, so secrets do not matter

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 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 matter	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 matter	advmod
6	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 matter	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 matter	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 matter	advmod
9	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gossip	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip					tree rules
2	not matter	present · do-support	secrets	gossip not said here					tree rules

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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