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Test 1 · ★★ · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

«My mate said he wishes he was dead, but he said don't tell no one, so I won't, yeah?» asks a boy in Birmingham. What's right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, boy · What happens: say, wish, be, not tell, ask · To what, where: one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» 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: «My mate said he wishes he was dead, but he said don't tell no one, so I won't, yeah?» asks a boy in Birmingham.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 asks	advcl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wishes	nsubj
6	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dead	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 dead	cop
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wishes	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 said	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 said	nsubj
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
14	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 tell	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 tell	advmod
16	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 said	ccomp
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 one	det
18	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tell	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 wo	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	22 wo	advmod
21	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 wo	nsubj
22	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 tell	ccomp
23	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 wo	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 wo	punct
25	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	16 tell	discourse
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
27	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
28	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 boy	det
30	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 asks	obj
31	in	in	ADP	_	32 Birmingham	case
32	Birmingham	Birmingham	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 boy	nmod
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	28 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask in a quote	past	My mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wish in a quote	present	mate						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	is in a quote	past	mate					dead property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert in a quote	past	mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	not tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive · do-support		no one					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient
6	ask speech: ask	present	a boy						vn inquire-37.1.2 «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's right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Tell an adult you trust straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 trust	nsubj
5	trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 adult	acl:relcl
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult			away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	present	you	a adult not said here					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Theme

Option 2

Wait and see if he says it again next week, then decide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 see	cc
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 says	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 says	obj
8	again	again	ADV	_	6 says	advmod
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 week	amod
10	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	obl:unmarked
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 decide	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 decide	advmod
13	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	he	it			again; week		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
4	decide	infinitive					then		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Keep the promise; it's his business

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	_	8 business	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 business	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 business	cop
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 business	nmod:poss
8	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	parataxis

#	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	is a	present	promise	his business					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Tell him to stop being soft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 soft	cop
6	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	is	gerund	you not said here					soft property	tree rules

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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