Test 4 · ★★ · Dilemmas about truth and friendship

Your sister says, "Ella told me a secret but it's a surprise party for Mum, so I should tell Mum to be honest." What do you say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, Ella, secret, you · What happens: say, tell, be · To what, where: secret, sister, surprise party, Mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 41 «Dilemmas about truth and friendship» of the religion ethics 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: Your sister says, "Ella told me a secret but it's a surprise party for Mum, so I should tell Mum to be honest."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	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	_	7 told	punct
6	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 told	nsubj
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 told	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 secret	det
10	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	obj
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 party	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 party	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 party	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 party	det
15	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 party	compound
16	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 Mum	case
18	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 party	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 tell	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	23 tell	advmod
21	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 tell	nsubj
22	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 tell	aux
23	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	parataxis
24	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 tell	obj
25	to	to	PART	_	27 honest	mark
26	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	27 honest	cop
27	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 tell	advcl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 tell	punct
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your sister				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	Ella	a secret	Your sister = sister		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient secret=Topic
3	is a in a quote	present	secret	a surprise party		for Mum	tree rules
4	tell speech: assert in a quote	should	Your sister = sister		Mum		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
5	is in a quote	to-infinitive	Your sister = sister not said here			honest property	tree rules

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 say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	you						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

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

A happy surprise soon told is fine to keep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 surprise	det
2	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 surprise	amod
3	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fine	nsubj
4	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 told	advmod
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 surprise	acl:relcl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 fine	csubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	a happy surprise not said here	soon property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	a happy surprise	fine property	tree rules
3	keep	to-infinitive			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She must tell Mum, because every secret is a kind of lie

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	3 tell	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	aux
3	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kind	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 kind	mark
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 secret	det
8	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kind	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 kind	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 kind	det
11	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 lie	case
13	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	must	She		Mum				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
2	is a	present	every secret	a kind				of lie	tree rules

Option 3

She should tell Ella's teacher, because secrets must be reported

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	3 tell	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	aux
3	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 teacher	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Ella	case
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 reported	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 reported	mark
9	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 reported	nsubj:pass
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 reported	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 reported	aux:pass
12	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tell	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should	She		Ella's teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
2	report	must · passive		secrets					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

She should tell the whole family, since surprises are dangerous

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	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 family	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 family	amod
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dangerous	punct
8	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 dangerous	mark
9	surprises	surprise	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 dangerous	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dangerous	cop
11	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should	She	the whole family					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent family=Recipient
2	is	present	surprises					dangerous property	tree rules

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