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title: Kayla: «swear on ur life u won't tell». She's being hurt at home. Wh… — The secret that got told · tree and pragmatics
description: Kayla: «swear on ur life u won't tell». She's being hurt at home. What should Mia do? Test 2 · ★★ 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 choice was right.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · The secret that got told

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Kayla: «swear on ur life u won't tell». She's being hurt at home. What should Mia do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kayla, u, Mia · **What happens:** swear, not tell, hurt, do · **To what, where:** life, Kayla, home · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kayla: «swear on ur life u won't tell».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t2:1
# text = Kayla: «swear on ur life u won't tell».
1	Kayla	Kayla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	swear	swear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** *in a quote* | infinitive | Kayla |  |  | ur's life |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | u | ur's life *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent life=Recipient |

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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:* She's being hurt at home.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t2:2
# text = She's being hurt at home.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · progressive · passive |  | Kayla |  | home |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* What should Mia do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t2:3
# text = What should Mia do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Tell a trusted grown-up anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t2:o1:1
# text = Tell a trusted grown-up anyway
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound	_	_
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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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* | a trusted grown |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keep the promise no matter what

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t2:o2:1
# text = Keep the promise no matter what
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the promise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Try to sort it out herself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t2:o3:1
# text = Try to sort it out herself
1	Try	try	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	sort	sort	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sort out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | herself *= she* *obl* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tell the kids in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t2:o4:1
# text = Tell the kids in class
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	iobj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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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 kids | class |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient |

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