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title: Liam's nan says, "That's between us, pet," about Mum's surprise holi… — Good secrets and bad secrets · tree and pragmatics
description: Liam's nan says, "That's between us, pet," about Mum's surprise holiday. Is it like the coach's secret? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 87 «Good secrets and bad secrets» 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 
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Good secrets and bad secrets

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Liam's nan says, "That's between us, pet," about Mum's surprise holiday. Is it like the coach's secret?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nan, That, holiday · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 87 «Good secrets and bad secrets» 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/87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Liam's nan says, "That's between us, pet," about Mum's surprise holiday.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets:t11:1
# text = Liam's nan says, "That's between us, pet," about Mum's surprise holiday.
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Liam's nan |  |  |  |  | about Mum's surprise holiday | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | That |  |  |  |  | between us; pet *vocative* | tree rules |

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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:* Is it like the coach's secret?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets:t11:2
# text = Is it like the coach's secret?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | holiday |  |  |  |  | like the coach's secret | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, because Nan is the one paying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets:t11:o1:1
# text = No, because Nan is the one paying
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nan | the one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | gerund | the one *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes; Liam must tell Mum at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes; Liam must tell Mum at once
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | must | Liam |  | Mum |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No; it's a happy surprise that'll be told soon and hides no harm

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets:t11:o3:1
# text = No; it's a happy surprise that'll be told soon and hides no harm
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
12	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a happy surprise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future · passive |  | that |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **hide** | present |  | no harm |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes; all grown-up secrets are warning signs, even surprise holidays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes; all grown-up secrets are warning signs, even surprise holidays
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
4	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | all grown secrets | warning signs and surprise holidays |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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