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title: You're not sure who to tell. Which of these is a safe trusted adult? — Whistle-blowing: when to tell · tree and pragmatics
description: You're not sure who to tell. Which of these is a safe trusted adult? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 45 «Whistle-blowing: when to tell» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Whistle-blowing: when to tell

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You're not sure who to tell. Which of these is a safe trusted adult?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** not be, tell, trust, be · **To what, where:** safe trusted adult · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 45 «Whistle-blowing: when to tell» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You're not sure who to tell.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell:t10:1
# text = You're not sure who to tell.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | You |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Which of these is a safe trusted adult?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell:t10:2
# text = Which of these is a safe trusted adult?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a safe trusted adult |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A teenager who says "keep this just between the two of us"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell:t10:o1:1
# text = A teenager who says "keep this just between the two of us"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teenager	teenager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
7	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a teenager |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | this |  | the two of us |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent this=Theme between two=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A friendly stranger you have been chatting to in an online game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell:t10:o2:1
# text = A friendly stranger you have been chatting to in an online game
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux	_	_
7	chatting	chat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chat** *speech: other* | present · perfect · progressive | you | a friendly stranger *not said here* |  | a online game |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Your class teacher or a youth leader you know at church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell:t10:o3:1
# text = Your class teacher or a youth leader you know at church
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | Your class teacher or a youth leader |  |  | church |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Whoever happens to be standing nearest to you at the bus stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell:t10:o4:1
# text = Whoever happens to be standing nearest to you at the bus stop
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | Whoever |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | to-infinitive · progressive | Whoever *not said here* | nearest | you | the bus stop |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at stop=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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