Test 11 · ★★ · Good secrets and bad secrets
Liam's nan says, "That's between us, pet," about Mum's surprise holiday. Is it like the coach's secret?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, That, holiday · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 87 «Good secrets and bad secrets» 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: Liam's nan says, "That's between us, pet," about Mum's surprise holiday.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 nan | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Liam | case |
| 3 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 us | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 us | punct |
| 7 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 us | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 us | cop |
| 9 | between | between | ADP | _ | 10 us | case |
| 10 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 says | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 pet | punct |
| 12 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 us | vocative |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 us | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 us | punct |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 19 holiday | case |
| 16 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 holiday | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 Mum | case |
| 18 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 holiday | compound |
| 19 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Liam's nan | about Mum's surprise holiday | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | That | between us; pet vocative | 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: Is it like the coach's secret?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 secret | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 secret | nsubj |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 secret | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 coach | det |
| 5 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 secret | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 coach | case |
| 7 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 secret | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | holiday | like the coach's secret | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, because Nan is the one paying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 one | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 one | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 one | mark |
| 4 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 one | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | paying | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 one | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nan | the one | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pay | gerund | the one not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes; Liam must tell Mum at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 tell | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 tell | aux |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | must | Liam | Mum | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No; it's a happy surprise that'll be told soon and hides no harm
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 surprise | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 surprise | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 surprise | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 surprise | det |
| 6 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 surprise | amod |
| 7 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 told | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 told | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 told | aux:pass |
| 11 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 surprise | parataxis |
| 12 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 told | advmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 hides | cc |
| 14 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 told | conj |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 harm | det |
| 16 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hides | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a happy surprise | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | future · passive | that | soon property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | hide | present | no harm | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Patient |
Option 4
Yes; all grown-up secrets are warning signs, even surprise holidays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 10 signs | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 secrets | det |
| 4 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 secrets | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 up | punct |
| 6 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grown | compound:prt |
| 7 | secrets | secret | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 signs | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 signs | cop |
| 9 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 signs | compound |
| 10 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 holidays | punct |
| 12 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 surprise | advmod |
| 13 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 holidays | compound |
| 14 | holidays | holiday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 signs | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow up | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | all grown secrets | warning signs and surprise holidays | tree rules |
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