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title: kids say Amy "spilled the surprise party, she's a blabbermouth and a… — Peer pressure, happy secrets and being… · tree and pragmatics
description: kids say Amy "spilled the surprise party, she's a blabbermouth and always ruins everything". pass it on? Test 18 · ★ 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 opt
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# Test 18 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted

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kids say Amy "spilled the surprise party, she's a blabbermouth and always ruins everything". pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kids, Amy · **What happens:** say, spill, be, ruin, pass on · **To what, where:** surprise party, blabbermouth, everything, party · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t18:1
# text = kids say Amy "spilled the surprise party, she's a blabbermouth and always ruins everything". pass it on?
1	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Amy	Amy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	spilled	spill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	blabbermouth	blabbermouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	16	advmod	_	_
16	ruins	ruin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
17	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
20	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	on	on	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **spill** *in a quote* | past | Amy | the surprise party |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location party=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Amy | a blabbermouth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **ruin** *in a quote* | present | Amy *not said here* | everything |  |  |  | always *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient |
| 5 | **pass on** | infinitive |  | party |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 {#o1}

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Yes, she ruins everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t18:o1:1
# text = Yes, she ruins everything
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ruins	ruin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ruin** | present | she | everything |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, and don't invite her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t18:o2:1
# text = Yes, and don't invite her
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	invite	invite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **invite** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, don't spread it; just keep happy secrets yourself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t18:o3:1
# text = No, don't spread it; just keep happy secrets yourself
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	spread	spread	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **spread** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | happy secrets |  |  |  | yourself *obl* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, and tell the birthday girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted:t18:o4:1
# text = Yes, and tell the birthday girl
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the birthday girl |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient |

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