--- title: State the reason for which a happy secret, such as a surprise presen… — Peer pressure, happy secrets and being… · tree and pragmatics description: State the reason for which a happy secret, such as a surprise present, should be kept. Exam question 4 of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/e4/) [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/) / [Peer pressure, happy secrets and being…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted State the reason for which a happy secret, such as a surprise present, should be kept. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** keep · **To what, where:** happy secret This is exam question 4 of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:e4:1 # text = State the reason for which a happy secret, such as a surprise present, should be kept. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 14 case _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | should · passive | | a happy secret such a surprise present | | | | for the reason | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 {#o1} Secrets must always be kept without exception ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:e4:o1:1 # text = Secrets must always be kept without exception 1 Secrets secret NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 without without ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 exception exception NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | must · passive | | Secrets | | | | without exception; always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is required by law ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:e4:o2:1 # text = It is required by law 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | present · passive | law | It | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Spoiling it takes the joy from the giver ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:e4:o3:1 # text = Spoiling it takes the joy from the giver 1 Spoiling spoil VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 csubj _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 giver giver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spoil** | gerund | | it | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | present | Spoiling | the joy | | the giver | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent joy=Theme from giver=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} The giver would otherwise demand payment ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:e4:o4:1 # text = The giver would otherwise demand payment 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 giver giver NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 demand demand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 payment payment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | would | the giver | payment | | | | otherwise *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme payment=Precondition | **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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