Exam question 1 · Promises

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a pinky promise?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: pinky promise

This is exam question 1 of lesson 199 «Promises» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 promise	det
10	pinky	pinky	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 promise	compound
11	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a pinky promise				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It is still a promise, and broken ones are remembered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 promise	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 promise	cop
3	still	still	ADV	_	5 promise	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 promise	det
5	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 remembered	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 remembered	cc
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ones	amod
9	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 remembered	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 remembered	aux:pass
11	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 promise	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a promise	still	tree rules
2	break	participle				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	remember	present · passive		broken ones		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It is a game and need not be kept by anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 game	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 game	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kept	cc
6	need	need	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 kept	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 kept	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 kept	aux:pass
9	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 game	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 anyone	case
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a game					tree rules
2	not keep	present · passive	anyone						vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It counts only when an adult has witnessed it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 counts	nsubj
2	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	8 witnessed	advmod
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 witnessed	advmod
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 witnessed	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 witnessed	aux
8	witnessed	witness	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 counts	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 witnessed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	It						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	witness	present · perfect	a adult	it					vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary

Option 4

It is valid only between children of the same age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 valid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 valid	cop
3	valid	valid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 children	advmod
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 valid	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 age	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 age	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 age	amod
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 children	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					between children of the same age; valid property	tree rules

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