Test 6 · ★★ · Good secrets and bad secrets

A cartoon shows a friendly man in a game asking a girl to send her address "as a surprise, don't tell ur mum", and she does. What is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, friendly man · What happens: show, ask, send, not tell, do, address · To what, where: friendly man, game, girl, address, mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: A cartoon shows a friendly man in a game asking a girl to send her address "as a surprise, don't tell ur mum", and she does.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cartoon	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 game	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 man	nmod
10	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 man	acl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 girl	det
12	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asking	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 send	mark
14	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 asking	xcomp
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 address	nmod:poss
16	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 send	obj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 send	punct
18	as	as	ADP	_	20 surprise	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 surprise	det
20	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 send	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 tell	punct
22	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	24 tell	aux
23	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	24 tell	advmod
24	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 shows	parataxis
25	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 mum	nmod:poss
26	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 tell	obj
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 tell	punct
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 does	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 does	cc
30	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 does	nsubj
31	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shows	parataxis
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon	a friendly man		a game		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	a friendly man not said here		a girl			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient clause=Topic
3	send not said to happen	to-infinitive	a friendly man not said here	cartoon's address			as a surprise	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Theme
4	not tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive · do-support			ur's mum			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
5	do	present	cartoon					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	address		cartoon					nom address «communication transitive»: poss=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 wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

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

Never share where you live; tell a parent and report it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 share	advmod
2	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 live	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 live	nsubj
5	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 share	advcl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 share	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 report	cc
11	report	report	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 report	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	not share	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	live	present	you			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a parent	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
4	report	infinitive	you not said here	parent		vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

She should have asked her friends at school first, before sending it

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	4 asked	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 asked	aux
4	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friends	nmod:poss
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 asked	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	obl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 asked	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sending	punct
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 sending	mark
12	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 asked	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	should · perfect	She		her friends	school		first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient
2	send	gerund	She not said here	school					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Nothing; surprises are always good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 good	punct
3	surprises	surprise	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 good	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 good	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 good	advmod
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nothing	conj

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

Option 4

She should have sent a photo instead

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	4 sent	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 sent	aux
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 photo	det
6	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obj
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	should · perfect	She	a photo				instead property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme

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