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Test 8 · ★★ · When it was my fault: owning up and making it right

A kid says, "My bestie told me a secret: her stepdad hits her, but I swore not to tell." What should she do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, bestie, stepdad · What happens: say, tell, hit, swear, not tell, do · To what, where: secret, kid, bestie · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 5 «When it was my fault: owning up and making it right» 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 kid says, "My bestie told me a secret: her stepdad hits her, but I swore not to tell."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 told	punct
6	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bestie	nmod:poss
7	bestie	bestie	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	nsubj
8	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 told	iobj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 secret	det
11	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	obj
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 hits	punct
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 stepdad	nmod:poss
14	stepdad	stepdad	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hits	nsubj
15	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 hits	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 swore	punct
18	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 swore	cc
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 swore	nsubj
20	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 tell	advmod
22	to	to	PART	_	23 tell	mark
23	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 swore	xcomp
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 tell	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a kid						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	My bestie	a secret	a kid = kid				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient secret=Topic
3	hit in a quote	present	bestie's stepdad	bestie					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme
4	swear in a quote	past	a kid = kid						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	not tell speech: assert in a quote	to-infinitive	a kid = kid not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 should she do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 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	should	stepdad						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Tell the whole class so everyone can help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 class	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 class	amod
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 help	mark
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 help	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 help	aux
8	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	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	the whole class					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient
2	help	can	everyone						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Keep the promise, because a promise always comes 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	_	9 comes	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 comes	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 promise	det
7	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 comes	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 comes	advmod
9	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	parataxis
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 comes	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	a promise					always, first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Ask the stepdad to stop by herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stepdad	det
3	stepdad	stepdad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 herself	case
7	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the stepdad					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent stepdad=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	the stepdad not said here					by herself = she	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell a trusted adult, because someone being hurt is not a secret to keep

The tree, 14 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	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	_	13 secret	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 secret	mark
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 secret	nsubj
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 hurt	aux:pass
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 someone	acl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 secret	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 secret	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 secret	det
13	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 keep	mark
15	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 secret	acl

#	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	hurt	gerund · passive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
4	not is a	present	someone	a secret					tree rules
5	keep	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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