Test 3 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people

A girl's grandpa says: «Don't tell Grandma about the necklace I bought her, I'll give it to her on Sunday». What kind of secret is this?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandpa, this · What happens: say, not tell, buy, give, be · To what, where: Grandma, necklace, girl, kind · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» 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 girl's grandpa says: «Don't tell Grandma about the necklace I bought her, I'll give it to her on Sunday».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grandpa	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 girl	case
4	grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
8	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 tell	advmod
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
11	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obj
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 necklace	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 necklace	det
14	necklace	necklace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obl
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 bought	nsubj
16	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 necklace	acl:relcl
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bought	iobj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 give	punct
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 give	nsubj
20	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 give	aux
21	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 tell	conj
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 give	obj
23	to	to	ADP	_	24 her	case
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 give	obl
25	on	on	ADP	_	26 Sunday	case
26	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 give	obl
27	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a girl's grandpa					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive · do-support			Grandma		about the necklace	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent grandma=Recipient about necklace=Topic
3	buy in a quote	past	a girl's grandpa = grandpa	the necklace not said here	girl			vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
4	give in a quote	future	a girl's grandpa = grandpa	necklace	girl	sunday		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to she=Recipient

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 kind of secret is this?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 secret	case
4	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 kind	cop
6	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 kind	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this	what kind				of secret	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

A surprise, because it will be told soon and make someone happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 surprise	det
2	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 told	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 told	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 told	nsubj:pass
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 told	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 told	aux:pass
8	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 surprise	parataxis
9	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 told	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 make	cc
11	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 told	conj
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 make	obj
13	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	future · passive		surprise				soon property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	make	infinitive		someone				happy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product

Option 2

A dangerous secret that must be told to a teacher straight away, the same day

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 secret	det
2	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 secret	amod
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 told	nsubj:pass
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 told	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 told	aux:pass
7	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 secret	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 teacher	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	obl
11	straight	straight	ADV	_	12 away	advmod
12	away	away	ADV	_	7 told	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 day	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 day	det
15	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 day	amod
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secret	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	must · passive		a dangerous secret and the same day	a teacher			away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to teacher=Recipient

Option 3

A bad secret, because she is told to keep quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 secret	det
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 secret	amod
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 told	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 told	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 told	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 told	aux:pass
8	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 secret	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 keep	mark
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 told	xcomp
11	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		she					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here					quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A secret she must keep forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 secret	det
2	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keep	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	aux
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 secret	acl:relcl
6	forever	forever	ADV	_	5 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	must	she	a secret not said here				forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme

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