--- title: Identify the principal indication of danger in an adult's request, m… — When not to keep a friend's secret · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal indication of danger in an adult's request, made online, that a child conceal communications from his parents. Exam question 2 of lesson 437 «When not to keep a friend's secret» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/e2/) [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/) / [When not to keep a friend's secret](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · When not to keep a friend's secret Identify the principal indication of danger in an adult's request, made online, that a child conceal communications from his parents. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, child, adult · **What happens:** identify, make, conceal, indicate, request · **To what, where:** principal indication, communications, danger This is exam question 2 of lesson 437 «When not to keep a friend's secret» 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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal indication of danger in an adult's request, made online, that a child conceal communications from his parents. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 indication indication NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 14 online online ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 conceal conceal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 20 communications communication NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal indication of danger in a adult's request | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent indication=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | | | | | | online *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **conceal** | infinitive | a child | communications | | | | from child's parents | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent communication=Patient from parent=Beneficiary | | 4 | **indicate** | | | danger in a adult's request | | | | | nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **request** | | a adult | | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 {#o1} The time of day of the communication ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:e2:o1:1 # text = The time of day of the communication 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 communication communication NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The use of a computer for the communication ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:e2:o2:1 # text = The use of a computer for the communication 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 computer computer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 communication communication NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | | | a computer | | | | for the communication | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The request for secrecy from parents itself ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:e2:o3:1 # text = The request for secrecy from parents itself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 secrecy secrecy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The friendly manner of the adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:e2:o4:1 # text = The friendly manner of the adult 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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