Test 6 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people Your friend tells you a secret: she is planning a funny poster for the teacher's birthday. Another friend tells you he is being hit at home and makes you promise not to tell. What do you do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: tell, plan, hit, make, promise, not tell · To what, where: secret, you, funny poster, teacher, home · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: Your friend tells you a secret: she is planning a funny poster for the teacher's birthday.
nmod:poss nsubj iobj det obj punct nsubj aux conj det amod obj case det nmod:poss case obl punct root Your PRON friend NOUN tells VERB you PRON a DET secret NOUN : PUNCT she PRON is AUX planning VERB a DET funny ADJ poster NOUN for ADP the DET teacher NOUN 's PART birthday NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 tells nsubj 3 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 tells iobj 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 secret det 6 secret secret NOUN Number=Sing 3 tells obj 7 : : PUNCT _ 10 planning punct 8 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 planning nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 planning aux 10 planning plan VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 tells conj 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 poster det 12 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 13 poster amod 13 poster poster NOUN Number=Sing 10 planning obj 14 for for ADP _ 18 birthday case 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 teacher det 16 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 18 birthday nmod:poss 17 's 's PART _ 16 teacher case 18 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 10 planning obl 19 . . PUNCT _ 3 tells punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert present Your friend a secret you vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient secret=Topic 2 plan present · progressive friend a funny poster for the teacher's birthday vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poster=Topic
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: Another friend tells you he is being hit at home and makes you promise not to tell.
det nsubj iobj nsubj aux:pass aux:pass ccomp case obl cc conj obj xcomp advmod mark ccomp punct root Another DET friend NOUN tells VERB you PRON he PRON is AUX being AUX hit VERB at ADP home NOUN and CCONJ makes VERB you PRON promise VERB not PART to PART tell VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Another another DET PronType=Ind 2 friend det 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 tells nsubj 3 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 tells iobj 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 hit nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 hit aux:pass 7 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 hit aux:pass 8 hit hit VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 tells ccomp 9 at at ADP _ 10 home case 10 home home NOUN Number=Sing 8 hit obl 11 and and CCONJ _ 12 makes cc 12 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 tells conj 13 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 12 makes obj 14 promise promise VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 makes xcomp 15 not not PART Polarity=Neg 17 tell advmod 16 to to PART _ 17 tell mark 17 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 promise ccomp 18 . . PUNCT _ 3 tells punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert present another friend you vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic 2 hit present · passive teacher home vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme at home=Destination 3 make present another friend not said here you tree rules 4 promise speech: promise infinitive you not said here vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 5 not tell speech: assert not said to happen to-infinitive vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What do you do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON do AUX you PRON do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present · do-support you vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Keep the second and tell the first
det obj cc conj det obj root Keep VERB the DET second ADJ and CCONJ tell VERB the DET first ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 second det 3 second second ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 1 Keep obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 tell cc 5 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Keep conj 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 first det 7 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 5 tell obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here the second vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent second=Theme 2 tell speech: assert infinitive you not said here the first vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent first=Recipient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Keep the first secret and tell a trusted adult about the second
det amod obj cc conj det amod obj case det obl root Keep VERB the DET first ADJ secret NOUN and CCONJ tell VERB a DET trusted VERB adult NOUN about ADP the DET second ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 secret det 3 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 4 secret amod 4 secret secret NOUN Number=Sing 1 Keep obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 tell cc 6 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Keep conj 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 adult det 8 trusted trust VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 adult amod 9 adult adult NOUN Number=Sing 6 tell obj 10 about about ADP _ 12 second case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 second det 12 second second ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 6 tell obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here the first secret vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme 2 tell speech: assert infinitive you not said here a trusted adult about the second vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient about second=Topic 3 trust participle vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Keep both, because promises must never be broken, whatever the secret is
obj punct mark nsubj:pass aux advmod aux:pass parataxis punct obj det nsubj cop root Keep VERB both DET , PUNCT because SCONJ promises NOUN must AUX never ADV be AUX broken VERB , PUNCT whatever PRON the DET secret NOUN is AUX The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 both both DET PronType=Tot 1 Keep obj 3 , , PUNCT _ 9 broken punct 4 because because SCONJ _ 9 broken mark 5 promises promise NOUN Number=Plur 9 broken nsubj:pass 6 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 broken aux 7 never never ADV PronType=Neg 9 broken advmod 8 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 9 broken aux:pass 9 broken break VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Keep parataxis 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 whatever punct 11 whatever whatever PRON PronType=Rel 1 Keep obj 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 secret det 13 secret secret NOUN Number=Sing 11 whatever nsubj 14 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 whatever cop
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here both vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Theme 2 not break must · passive promises vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient 3 is a present the secret whatever tree rules
Option 4 Tell both, because all secrets are bad
obj punct mark det nsubj cop parataxis root Tell VERB both DET , PUNCT because SCONJ all DET secrets NOUN are AUX bad ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 both both DET PronType=Tot 1 Tell obj 3 , , PUNCT _ 8 bad punct 4 because because SCONJ _ 8 bad mark 5 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 secrets det 6 secrets secret NOUN Number=Plur 8 bad nsubj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 bad cop 8 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Tell parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here both vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent both=Recipient 2 is present all secrets bad property tree rules
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