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title: Your class is planning a surprise party for your teacher. Should you… — Your uh-oh feeling · tree and pragmatics
description: Your class is planning a surprise party for your teacher. Should you tell her? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Your uh-oh feeling» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Your uh-oh feeling

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Your class is planning a surprise party for your teacher. Should you tell her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** class, you · **What happens:** plan, tell · **To what, where:** surprise party, class · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Your uh-oh feeling» of the everyday 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/everyday/19-uh-oh-feeling/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your class is planning a surprise party for your teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t4:1
# text = Your class is planning a surprise party for your teacher.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	planning	plan	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | present · progressive | Your class | a surprise party |  |  |  | for your teacher | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Topic |

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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:* Should you tell her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t4:2
# text = Should you tell her?
1	Should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should | you |  | class |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, and you must keep it secret for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t4:o1:1
# text = No, and you must keep it secret for ever
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | must | you | it |  |  |  | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, because surprises are worrying secrets that must be told

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, because surprises are worrying secrets that must be told
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	surprises	surprise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	worrying	worry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worry** | present · progressive | surprises | secrets |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus secret=Experiencer |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | must · passive |  | secrets |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, every secret must be told at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, every secret must be told at once
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | must · passive |  | every secret |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, it is a happy surprise that will soon be shared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t4:o4:1
# text = No, it is a happy surprise that will soon be shared
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a happy surprise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** | future · passive |  | a happy surprise |  |  |  | soon *property* | tree rules |

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