Test 5 · ★★ · Good secrets and bad secrets

Kids ask, "Is it true Chloe's adopted? Go on, tell us." Mia says, "No." What was better?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kids, it, you, Mia, No. · What happens: ask, be, adopt, go on, tell, say · To what, where: us · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Kids ask, "Is it true Chloe's adopted?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ask	nsubj
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 ask	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 true	punct
5	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 true	cop
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 true	nsubj
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ask	parataxis
8	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 adopted	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Chloe	case
10	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 true	parataxis
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Kids		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	it	true property	tree rules
3	adopt in a quote	participle			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: 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: Go on, tell us."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Go	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on	imperative	you not said here						vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		us				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient

Sentence 3: Mia says, "No." What was better?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 No.	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 No.	punct
5	No.	no.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	9 better	nsubj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 No.	punct
7	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 better	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 better	cop
9	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 says	ccomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mia						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	No.					good property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Saying "no" was perfect and honest, because it kept the secret safe

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 perfect	csubj
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 no	punct
3	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	1 Saying	discourse
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 no	punct
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 perfect	cop
6	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 honest	cc
8	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 perfect	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kept	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 kept	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 kept	nsubj
12	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 perfect	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 secret	det
14	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 kept	obj
15	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Saying		perfect property	tree rules
3	be		Saying not said here			tree rules
4	keep	past	it	the secret	safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme

Option 2

Saying "yes" and explaining everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 yes	punct
3	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	1 Saying	obj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 yes	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 explaining	cc
6	explaining	explain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Saying	conj
7	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 explaining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
2	explain speech: assert	gerund		everything					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

"Ask her, it's not mine to say" keeps the secret without a lie

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Ask	punct
2	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 Ask	iobj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mine	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 mine	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 mine	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 mine	advmod
8	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 Ask	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	10 say	mark
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Ask	ccomp
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 keeps	punct
12	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 say	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 secret	det
14	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 keeps	obj
15	without	without	ADP	_	17 lie	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 lie	det
17	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 say	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	imperative	you not said here		her = she		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not is a in a quote	present	it	mine			tree rules
3	say speech: assert not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive				without a lie	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	keep	present		the secret			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme

Option 4

Running away so nobody can ask her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 ask	csubj
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Running	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	4 nobody	case
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Running	obl
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 ask	aux
6	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ask	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	gerund						so nobody; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	can	Running		her = she				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

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