--- title: What would probably happen if Connor had told the lads about Kieran'… — The secret that got told · tree and pragmatics description: What would probably happen if Connor had told the lads about Kieran's dad's job? Test 7 · ★★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/t7/) [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/) / [The secret that got told](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · The secret that got told What would probably happen if Connor had told the lads about Kieran's dad's job? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** happen, tell, job · **To what, where:** Connor · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t7:1 # text = What would probably happen if Connor had told the lads about Kieran's dad's job? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 Connor Connor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 12 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | Connor | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient lad=Topic | | 3 | **job** | | Kieran's dad | | | | | | nom job «act intransitive»: 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 {#o1} Kieran would be grateful ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t7:o1:1 # text = Kieran would be grateful 1 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | Kieran | | | | | grateful *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Kieran would feel betrayed and stop trusting him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t7:o2:1 # text = Kieran would feel betrayed and stop trusting him 1 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 betrayed betray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 7 trusting trust VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | would | Kieran | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **betray** | participle | Kieran *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stop** | infinitive | Kieran *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **trust** | gerund | Kieran *not said here* | Kieran | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, nobody would care ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t7:o3:1 # text = Nothing, nobody would care 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **care** | would | nobody | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Kieran's dad would get his job back sooner with their help ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:t7:o4:1 # text = Kieran's dad would get his job back sooner with their help 1 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | Kieran's dad | dad's job | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus | | 2 | **job** | | dad | | | | | | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 3 | **help** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: poss=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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