--- title: «Bryony's nan should keep it all secret so Bryony doesn't worry». Wh… — A new baby · tree and pragmatics description: «Bryony's nan should keep it all secret so Bryony doesn't worry». What does the lesson say? Test 4 of lesson 504 «A new baby» 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/504-a-new-baby/t4/) [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/) / [A new baby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/504-a-new-baby/) / t4 # Test 4 · A new baby «Bryony's nan should keep it all secret so Bryony doesn't worry». What does the lesson say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nan, Bryony, lesson · **What happens:** keep, not worry, say · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 of lesson 504 «A new baby» 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/504-a-new-baby/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Bryony's nan should keep it all secret so Bryony doesn't worry». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t4:1 # text = «Bryony's nan should keep it all secret so Bryony doesn't worry». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Bryony Bryony PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 nan nan NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 10 so so SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 Bryony Bryony PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 worry worry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | should | Bryony's nan | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **not** **worry** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Bryony | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 does the lesson say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t4:2 # text = What does the lesson say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the lesson | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Secrets always make children feel safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t4:o1:1 # text = Secrets always make children feel safe 1 Secrets secret NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Secrets | children | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | infinitive | children *not said here* | | | | | safe *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Not knowing is scarier than the truth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t4:o2:1 # text = Not knowing is scarier than the truth 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 scarier scarey ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | knowing | | | | | than the truth; scarey *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Kids should never be told anything ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t4:o3:1 # text = Kids should never be told anything 1 Kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | should · passive | | Kids | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient anything=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Bryony should find out from the internet ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t4:o4:1 # text = Bryony should find out from the internet 1 Bryony bryony NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 internet internet NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | should | Bryony | | | the internet | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from internet=Source | **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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