Test 20 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

my sis keeps sneaking out "to see someone" n made me promise not to tell, feels heavy

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sis, n, me · What happens: keep, sneak out, see, make, promise, not tell · To what, where: someone, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sis	nmod:poss
2	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	nsubj
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sneaking	sneak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keeps	xcomp
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 sneaking	compound:prt
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 see	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 see	mark
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sneaking	advcl
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 see	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct
11	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj
12	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 someone	acl:relcl
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 made	obj
14	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 made	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	_	19 feels	punct
19	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 keeps	conj
20	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 feels	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	present	my sis			tree rules
2	sneak out	gerund	my sis not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see in a quote	to-infinitive	my sis not said here	someone		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus
4	make	past	n	me		tree rules
5	promise speech: promise	infinitive	me not said here			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	not tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	feel	present	my sis not said here		heavy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She may be seeing a boyfriend or girlfriend; if the secret worries you about her safety, tell a trusted adult

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 seeing	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 seeing	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 seeing	aux
4	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boyfriend	det
6	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seeing	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 girlfriend	cc
8	girlfriend	girlfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boyfriend	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 worries	punct
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 worries	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 secret	det
12	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 worries	nsubj
13	worries	worry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seeing	conj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 worries	obj
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 safety	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 safety	nmod:poss
17	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 worries	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 tell	punct
19	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 seeing	conj
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 adult	det
21	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 adult	amod
22	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	see	may · progressive	She	a boyfriend or girlfriend			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boyfriend=Stimulus
2	worry a condition, not said to happen	present	the secret	you		about secret's safety	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	She not said here		a 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 2

Follow her out at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Follow	obj
3	out	out	ADP	_	1 Follow	compound:prt
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Follow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow out	imperative	you not said here	her = she			night		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

Tell everyone at school about it, so that lots of people can keep an eye on her

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Tell	iobj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 keep	punct
8	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 keep	mark
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 so	fixed
10	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 keep	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 people	case
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lots	nmod
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 keep	aux
14	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	conj
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 eye	det
16	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 keep	obj
17	on	on	ADP	_	18 her	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		everyone			about school; about school	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient about it=Topic
2	keep	can	lots of people	a eye					vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent eye=Theme her=Attribute

Option 4

Keep the secret forever no matter what happens, because a promise to a sister can never be broken

The tree, 18 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 secret	det
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 matter	det
6	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 happens	nsubj
8	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 matter	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 broken	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	19 broken	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 promise	det
12	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 broken	nsubj:pass
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 sister	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 sister	det
15	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 promise	nmod
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 broken	aux
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 broken	advmod
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 broken	aux:pass
19	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Keep	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the secret	no matter obl; forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme
2	happen	present	no matter			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not break	can · passive		a promise to a sister		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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