--- title: «spill the tea, why's Chloe sad, is it her parents?» (spill the tea… — The secret that got told · tree and pragmatics description: «spill the tea, why's Chloe sad, is it her parents?» (spill the tea means tell the gossip.) What should Hana say? 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What should Hana say? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, tea, Hana · **What happens:** spill, be, mean, tell, say · **To what, where:** tea, parents, gossip · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «spill the tea, why's Chloe sad, is it her parents?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t6:1 # text = «spill the tea, why's Chloe sad, is it her parents?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 spill spill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 Chloe Chloe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spill** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the tea | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tea=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | tea | her parents | | | | | tree rules | 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:* (spill the tea means tell the gossip.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t6:2 # text = (spill the tea means tell the gossip.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 spill spill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 gossip gossip NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spill** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | the tea | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | infinitive | the tea *not said here* | the gossip | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gossip=Recipient | *Sentence 3:* What should Hana say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t6:3 # text = What should Hana say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Hana Hana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | Hana | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Make up a juicier story ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t6:o1:1 # text = Make up a juicier story 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 juicier juicy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | imperative | you *not said here* | a juicier story | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It's private, I'm not saying ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t6:o2:1 # text = It's private, I'm not saying 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | private *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Post it in the chat ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t6:o3:1 # text = Post it in the chat 1 Post post VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 chat chat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **post** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | the chat | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yeah, they're splitting up, tell everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t6:o4:1 # text = Yeah, they're splitting up, tell everyone 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 splitting split VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 8 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **split up** | present · progressive | they | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | they *not said here* | | everyone | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | **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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