--- title: Someone tells Sam to keep a secret about touching that felt wrong. W… — Speaking up, saying no and growing up · tree and pragmatics description: Someone tells Sam to keep a secret about touching that felt wrong. What should he do? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 215 «Speaking up, saying no and growing up» 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 right --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up/t15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Speaking up, saying no and growing up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Speaking up, saying no and growing up Someone tells Sam to keep a secret about touching that felt wrong. What should he do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Someone, touching, Sam · **What happens:** tell, keep, feel, do · **To what, where:** Sam, secret · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 215 «Speaking up, saying no and growing up» 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/215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up/#t15). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Someone tells Sam to keep a secret about touching that felt wrong. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:t15:1 # text = Someone tells Sam to keep a secret about touching that felt wrong. 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 touching touching NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Someone | | Sam | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent sam=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Someone *not said here* | a secret | | | | about touching | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent secret=Theme about touching=Location | | 3 | **feel** | past | touching | | | | | wrong *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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 should he do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:t15:2 # text = What should he do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | Sam | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Tell a trusted adult anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:t15:o1:1 # text = Tell a trusted adult anyway 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | 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 | ### Option 2 {#o2} Wait a few years ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:t15:o2:1 # text = Wait a few years 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | year | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tell only his friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:t15:o3:1 # text = Tell only his friends 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | his friends | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Keep the secret as promised ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:t15:o4:1 # text = Keep the secret as promised 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the secret | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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. 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