--- title: Lily's friend was angry when Lily told. What happened months later? — When not to keep a friend's secret · tree and pragmatics description: Lily's friend was angry when Lily told. What happened months later? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★★ · When not to keep a friend's secret Lily's friend was angry when Lily told. What happened months later? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, Lily · **What happens:** be, tell, happen · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 437 «When not to keep a friend's secret» 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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Lily's friend was angry when Lily told. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:t9:1 # text = Lily's friend was angry when Lily told. 1 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Lily's friend | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Lily | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* What happened months later? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:t9:2 # text = What happened months later? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | late *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} She moved away forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:t9:o1:1 # text = She moved away forever 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 forever forever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move away** | past | She | | | | | away, forever *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} She still hated Lily ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:t9:o2:1 # text = She still hated Lily 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | past | She | Lily | | | still | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lily=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She thanked Lily ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:t9:o3:1 # text = She thanked Lily 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | She | | Lily | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lily=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She told on Lily too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:t9:o4:1 # text = She told on Lily too 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | She | | | Lily | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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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