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Test 1 · ★ · Promises

A boy in Arizona tells his mum every day «I promise I'll practise piano later» and never does. What is happening to his promises?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, I · What happens: tell, promise, practise, not do, happen · To what, where: mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 199 «Promises» 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.

The question

Sentence 1: A boy in Arizona tells his mum every day «I promise I'll practise piano later» and never does.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tells	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Arizona	case
4	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mum	nmod:poss
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tells	obj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tells	obl:unmarked
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 promise	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 promise	nsubj
12	promise	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tells	parataxis
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 practise	nsubj
14	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 practise	aux
15	practise	practise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 promise	ccomp
16	piano	piano	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 later	obl:unmarked
17	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 practise	advmod
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 promise	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 does	cc
20	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	21 does	advmod
21	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 promise	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	a boy in Arizona		boy's mum		day		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic
2	promise speech: promise in a quote	present	a boy in Arizona = boy						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	practise in a quote	future	a boy in Arizona = boy					late property	tree rules
4	not do	present	I not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: What is happening to his promises?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happening	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happening	aux
3	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 promises	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 promises	nmod:poss
6	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happening	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happening	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present · progressive						to boy's promises	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	promise		boy						nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

They are getting stronger and stronger each time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 getting	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 getting	aux
3	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 getting	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 stronger	cc
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 stronger	conj
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 getting	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · progressive	They				time	strong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

She will believe him a little more each day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 believe	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 believe	aux
3	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 believe	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 little	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 more	obl:unmarked
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 believe	advmod
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 believe	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	future	She	him = he			day		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are starting to mean nothing to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 starting	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 starting	aux
3	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 mean	mark
5	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 starting	xcomp
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 mean	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present · progressive	They						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	mean	to-infinitive	They not said here	nothing				to her = she	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme to she=Attribute

Option 4

Promises that are repeated always come true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 repeated	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 repeated	aux:pass
4	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Promises	acl:relcl
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 come	advmod
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 repeated	xcomp
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 come	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	present · passive		Promises					tree rules
2	come	infinitive						always, true property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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