--- title: What would probably happen if a child kept a big worry secret from e… — Trusted adults and asking for help · tree and pragmatics description: What would probably happen if a child kept a big worry secret from everyone? Test 4 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» 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/56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help/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/) / [Trusted adults and asking for help](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help/) / t4 # Test 4 · Trusted adults and asking for help What would probably happen if a child kept a big worry secret from everyone? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** happen, keep · **To what, where:** big worry secret, everyone This is test 4 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» 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/56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t4:1 # text = What would probably happen if a child kept a big worry secret from everyone? 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 worry worry NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? 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 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a child | a big worry secret | | everyone | | | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer secret=Beneficiary from everyone=Eventuality | 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} An adult would surely guess it without being told ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t4:o1:1 # text = An adult would surely guess it without being told 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 surely surely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 without without SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | would | a adult | it | | | | surely *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund · passive | a adult *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The child would become braver than all the others ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t4:o2:1 # text = The child would become braver than all the others 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 braver brave ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | the child | | | | | brave *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The worry would always fade away all by itself ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t4:o3:1 # text = The worry would always fade away all by itself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 worry worry NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 fade fade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fade away** | would | the worry | | | | | by worry; all, always, away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The worry would grow and nobody could help ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t4:o4:1 # text = The worry would grow and nobody could help 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 worry worry NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | the worry | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **help** | could | nobody | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=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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