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title: State which category of secret must never be kept by a child. — Good pressure, good and bad secrets, a… · tree and pragmatics
description: State which category of secret must never be kept by a child. Exam question 4 of lesson 285 «Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning 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.
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# Exam question 4 · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up

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State which category of secret must never be kept by a child.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** not keep · **To what, where:** State

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 285 «Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:e4:1
# text = State which category of secret must never be kept by a child.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	category	category	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **keep** | must · passive | a child | State  which category of secret |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Secrets concerning touching, weapons or someone being hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:e4:o1:1
# text = Secrets concerning touching, weapons or someone being hurt
1	Secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	touching	touching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	conj	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | gerund · passive |  | Secrets  concerning touching and weapons |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Secrets concerning a friend's harmless worries about the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:e4:o2:1
# text = Secrets concerning a friend's harmless worries about the dark
1	Secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	worries	worry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **worry** |  | a friend |  |  |  |  | about the dark | nom worry «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent about=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Secrets concerning a present yet to be given

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:e4:o3:1
# text = Secrets concerning a present yet to be given
1	Secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | Secrets *not said here* | a present |  |  | yet |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus present=Experiencer |
| 2 | **give** | to-infinitive · passive | Secrets *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Secrets concerning a surprise birthday party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:e4:o4:1
# text = Secrets concerning a surprise birthday party
1	Secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | Secrets *not said here* | a surprise birthday party |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus party=Experiencer |

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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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