Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★
A friend makes you promise not to tell, then says someone at home hurts her. What do you do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, you, someone · What happens: make, promise, not tell, say, hurt, do · To what, where: you, friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» 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: A friend makes you promise not to tell, then says someone at home hurts her.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 tell | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 tell | mark |
| 8 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 promise | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 says | punct |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 says | advmod |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 makes | conj |
| 12 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 15 hurts | nsubj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 home | case |
| 14 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 someone | nmod |
| 15 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 says | ccomp |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 hurts | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a friend | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | promise speech: promise | infinitive | you not said here | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not tell speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | present | a friend not said here | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | hurt | present | someone | friend | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient |
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 do you do?
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
Sort it out yourself by facing the person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sort | sort | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Sort | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Sort | compound:prt |
| 4 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 1 Sort | obl |
| 5 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 6 facing | mark |
| 6 | facing | face | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Sort | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 person | det |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 facing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sort out | imperative | you not said here | it | yourself obl | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | face | gerund | you not said here | the person | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme person=Destination |
Option 2
Wait a few months to see if it stops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 months | det |
| 3 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 months | amod |
| 4 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wait | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 stops | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 stops | nsubj |
| 9 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 see | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | month | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | stop a condition, not said to happen | present | it | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
Keep the promise, because promises come first
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 promise | det |
| 3 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 come | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 come | mark |
| 6 | promises | promise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 come | nsubj |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | the promise | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | present | promises | first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell a trusted adult, even though you promised
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 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 Tell | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 promised | punct |
| 6 | even | even | ADV | _ | 9 promised | advmod |
| 7 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 9 promised | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 promised | nsubj |
| 9 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | 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 | promise speech: promise | past | you | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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