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title: A cartoon toy whispers, "I'm your real friend, keep our secrets from… — Stop, think, check, ask · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon toy whispers, "I'm your real friend, keep our secrets from Mum." What's wrong? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 14 «Stop, think, check, ask» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Stop, think, check, ask

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A cartoon toy whispers, "I'm your real friend, keep our secrets from Mum." What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon toy · **What happens:** whisper, be, keep · **To what, where:** real friend, secrets · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 14 «Stop, think, check, ask» of the AI 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon toy whispers, "I'm your real friend, keep our secrets from Mum."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t3:1
# text = A cartoon toy whispers, "I'm your real friend, keep our secrets from Mum."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	whispers	whisper	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | a cartoon toy |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a cartoon toy *= toy* | your real friend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | our secrets |  |  |  | from Mum | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer secret=Beneficiary from mum=Eventuality |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t3:2
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A talking toy is a toy; secrets belong with family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t3:o1:1
# text = A talking toy is a toy; secrets belong with family
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	talking	talking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	belong	belong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a talking toy | a toy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **belong** | present | secrets |  |  |  |  | with family | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, toys can be real friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t3:o2:1
# text = Nothing, toys can be real friends
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | Nothing toys | real friends |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Toys should keep secrets from Dad too, not just from Mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t3:o3:1
# text = Toys should keep secrets from Dad too, not just from Mum
1	Toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | should | Toys | secrets |  |  |  | from Dad; Mum *vocative* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer secret=Beneficiary from dad=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Toys should only whisper at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t3:o4:1
# text = Toys should only whisper at night
1	Toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	whisper	whisper	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | should | Toys |  |  |  | night |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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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