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title: In a film, the hero keeps a friend's dangerous secret to the end and… — The secret that got told · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, the hero keeps a friend's dangerous secret to the end and it all works out. What's true in real life? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 476 «The secret that got told» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 10 · ★★ · The secret that got told

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In a film, the hero keeps a friend's dangerous secret to the end and it all works out. What's true in real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hero · **What happens:** keep, work out, be · **To what, where:** dangerous secret, film, real life

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 476 «The secret that got told» 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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, the hero keeps a friend's dangerous secret to the end and it all works out.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t10:1
# text = In a film, the hero keeps a friend's dangerous secret to the end and it all works out.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	all	all	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
20	out	out	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the hero | a friend's dangerous secret |  | a film | to the end |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent secret=Theme in film=Location |
| 2 | **work out** | present | hero |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's true in real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t10:2
# text = What's true in real life?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | real life |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Grown-ups can't help with secrets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t10:o1:1
# text = Grown-ups can't help with secrets
1	Grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **help** | can | Grown ups |  |  |  |  | with secrets | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with secret=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dangerous secrets are best kept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t10:o2:1
# text = Dangerous secrets are best kept
1	Dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	kept	keep	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 | **keep** | present · passive |  | Dangerous secrets |  |  |  | well *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only tell once it's too late

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t10:o3:1
# text = Only tell once it's too late
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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If someone's being hurt, tell a grown-up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t10:o4:1
# text = If someone's being hurt, tell a grown-up
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** *a condition, not said to happen* | gerund · passive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a grown up |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |

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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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