Test 4 · ★ · Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault

Leo thinks, "If I tell, Dad will get in trouble, so I'll keep it secret to protect him." What's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, Dad, truth · What happens: think, tell, get, keep, protect, be · To what, where: trouble, Dad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 12 «Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault» of the reflection 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: Leo thinks, "If I tell, Dad will get in trouble, so I'll keep it secret to protect him."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
5	If	if	SCONJ	_	7 tell	mark
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 tell	nsubj
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 get	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct
9	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 get	aux
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thinks	ccomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 trouble	case
13	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 keep	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 keep	advmod
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 keep	nsubj
17	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 keep	aux
18	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thinks	ccomp
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 keep	obj
20	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 keep	xcomp
21	to	to	PART	_	22 protect	mark
22	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 secret	advcl
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 protect	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 keep	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Leo					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	Leo					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get in a quote	future	Dad			trouble		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	keep in a quote	future	Leo	trouble			secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5	protect in a quote	to-infinitive	Leo not said here		Dad			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

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's the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Keeping secrets about scary things at home is a kind way to protect parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 way	csubj
2	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keeping	obj
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 things	case
4	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 things	amod
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 secrets	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 home	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 things	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 way	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 way	det
10	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 way	amod
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	to	to	PART	_	13 protect	mark
13	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 way	acl
14	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund		secrets		about scary things at home	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent secret=Theme about thing=Location
2	is a	present	Keeping	a kind way			tree rules
3	protect	to-infinitive			parents		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Telling a trusted adult can get the family help, and it's not his job to hide it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 get	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 adult	amod
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 help	nsubj
9	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 get	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 job	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 job	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 job	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 job	cop
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 job	advmod
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 job	nmod:poss
16	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	parataxis
17	to	to	PART	_	18 hide	mark
18	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 job	acl
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			a trusted adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	get	can	Telling			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	help	present	the family			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
5	not is a	present	family	adult's job		tree rules
6	hide	to-infinitive	Telling not said here	family		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

Only grown-ups are allowed to tell anyone about home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 ups	advmod
2	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ups	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 grown	punct
4	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux:pass
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 tell	mark
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 allowed	xcomp
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 tell	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 home	case
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	grow	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	allow	present · passive		grown ups			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	grown ups not said here		anyone	about home	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient about home=Topic

Option 4

If he stays quiet it will stop on its own soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 stays	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stays	nsubj
3	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stop	advcl
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stays	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stop	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 stop	aux
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 own	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 own	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stop	obl
11	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 stop	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay a condition, not said to happen	present	he					quiet property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	future	it			its own		soon property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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