Exam question 4 · Promises

Select the response consistent with established facts concerning a promise to look after a pet.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, look · To what, where: consistent, promise

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consistent	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl:unmarked
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 facts	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 facts	amod
7	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 facts	acl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 promise	det
10	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concerning	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 look	mark
12	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 promise	acl
13	after	after	ADP	_	15 pet	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pet	det
15	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 look	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the consistent		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consistent=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	established facts not said here	a promise		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus promise=Experiencer
4	look	to-infinitive	established facts not said here	a promise not said here	after a pet	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It means caring for the animal every day, since it depends on one

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	caring	care	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 animal	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animal	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caring	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caring	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 depends	punct
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 depends	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 depends	nsubj
12	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	advcl
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 one	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 depends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	care not said to happen	gerund		day	for the animal	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for animal=Theme
3	depend	present	it		on one	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on one=Theme

Option 2

It may be dropped once the animal has grown up

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 dropped	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 dropped	aux:pass
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	once	once	SCONJ	_	9 grown	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grown	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 grown	aux
9	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dropped	advcl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 grown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	may · passive		It					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	grow up	present · perfect · passive		the animal					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It means caring for the animal on weekends and holidays

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	caring	care	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 animal	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animal	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caring	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 weekends	case
8	weekends	weekend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caring	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 holidays	cc
10	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 weekends	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	care not said to happen	gerund					weekend	for the animal	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for animal=Theme

Option 4

It means caring for the animal only when one is not busy

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	caring	care	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 animal	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animal	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caring	obl
7	only	only	ADV	_	12 busy	advmod
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 busy	mark
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 busy	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 busy	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 busy	advmod
12	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 caring	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	care not said to happen	gerund		for the animal	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for animal=Theme
3	not is	present	one	busy property	tree rules

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