Test 3 · ★ · Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away

Josh's friend says, "Promise you won't tell anyone, yeah?" What's the rule?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, you, rule · What happens: say, promise, not tell, be · To what, where: anyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 29 «Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away» 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: Josh's friend says, "Promise you won't tell anyone, yeah?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Josh	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Promise	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Promise	punct
7	Promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 tell	nsubj
9	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 tell	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 tell	advmod
11	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 Promise	ccomp
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 tell	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Promise	punct
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 Promise	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 Promise	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Promise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Josh's friend		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	promise speech: promise in a quote	infinitive			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not tell speech: assert in a quote	future	you	anyone	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=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's the rule?

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 rule	det
4	rule	rule	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 rule						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Some things must be told to a trusted adult straight away, promise or not

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 things	det
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 adult	case
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	5 told	obl
10	straight	straight	ADV	_	11 away	advmod
11	away	away	ADV	_	5 told	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 promise	punct
13	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	parataxis
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 not	cc
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 promise	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	must · passive		some things	a trusted adult			away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A promise must always be kept, whatever it is about and whoever made it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kept	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 kept	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 kept	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 kept	aux:pass
6	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 whatever	punct
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 kept	obl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 about	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 about	cop
11	about	about	ADV	_	8 whatever	acl:relcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 made	cc
13	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 made	nsubj
14	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kept	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	must · passive		a promise	whatever obl; always property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	promise		about property	tree rules
3	make	past	whoever	promise		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 3

He should only tell anyone if his friend says it again, maybe twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 tell	advmod
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 tell	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 says	mark
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friend	nmod:poss
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 says	obj
11	again	again	ADV	_	9 says	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 maybe	punct
13	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	14 twice	advmod
14	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should	He		anyone			twice property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	his friend	it			again		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

He should tell the other kids, not grown-ups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tell	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	aux
3	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kids	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kids	amod
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tell	iobj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ups	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 ups	advmod
9	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 ups	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 grown	punct
11	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should	He	grown ups	the other kids				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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