Test 2 · ★★ · Good secrets and bad secrets
"If you tell your mum about the phone, you're off the team," says the coach. What is the right thing?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, coach, right thing · What happens: tell, be, say · To what, where: mum · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: "If you tell your mum about the phone, you're off the team," says the coach.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 team | punct |
| 2 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 tell | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 team | advcl |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mum | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obj |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 phone | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 phone | det |
| 9 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 team | nsubj |
| 12 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 team | cop |
| 13 | off | off | ADP | _ | 15 team | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 team | det |
| 15 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 says | ccomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 team | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 says | punct |
| 18 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 coach | det |
| 20 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 says | nsubj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | your mum | about the phone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient about phone=Topic | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | you | off the team | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | the coach | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 is the right thing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right thing | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Keep quiet so you stay on the team
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 5 stay | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 stay | nsubj |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 team | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 team | det |
| 8 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | quiet property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | stay | present | you | the team | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on team=Location |
Option 2
Give the phone back and say nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 phone | det |
| 3 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Give | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 say | cc |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | conj |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give back | imperative | you not said here | the phone | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell a trusted adult anyway; a threat like that is a big warning sign
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 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 1 Tell | advmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 threat | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 threat | det |
| 8 | threat | threat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sign | nsubj |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 that | case |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 threat | nmod |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 sign | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 sign | det |
| 13 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 sign | amod |
| 14 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sign | compound |
| 15 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| # | 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 | anyway property | 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 | is a | present | a threat like that | a big warning sign | tree rules |
Option 4
Ask your friends what they would do first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 friends | nmod:poss |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ask | iobj |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 do | obj |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 do | nsubj |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | ccomp |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 do | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | your friends | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | do | would | friends = friend | first property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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