Test 12 · ★ · Promises

dad promised the zoo but now he's gotta work

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: promise, be · To what, where: zoo, gotta work

This is test 12 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 zoo	det
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promised	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 work	cc
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 work	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 work	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 work	cop
9	gotta	gotta	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 work	amod
10	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promised	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	dad	the zoo					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent zoo=Theme
2	is a	present	dad	gotta work			now		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 · ← Mova's choice

Scream and shout at him until he gives in and goes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 shout	cc
3	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Scream	conj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shout	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 gives	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gives	nsubj
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Scream	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	8 gives	compound:prt
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 goes	cc
11	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 gives	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	imperative	you not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shout speech: express	infinitive	you not said here	at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give in	present	he		vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	go	present	he not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Talk calmly about it, things change sometimes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	1 Talk	advmod
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Talk	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 change	punct
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 change	nsubj
7	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Talk	conj
8	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 change	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	imperative	you not said here					about it; calmly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
2	change	present	things					sometimes property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Say he never keeps any of his promises, so he owes you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keeps	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 keeps	advmod
4	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 keeps	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 promises	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 promises	nmod:poss
8	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 any	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 owes	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 owes	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 owes	nsubj
12	owes	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	parataxis
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 owes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not keep	present	he	any	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Theme
3	owe	present	he	you	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent you=Theme
4	promise		his = he		nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Never trust him again about anything he promises

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 trust	advmod
2	trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trust	obj
4	again	again	ADV	_	2 trust	advmod
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 anything	case
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 trust	obl
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 promises	nsubj
8	promises	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 anything	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not trust	imperative	you not said here	him = he			again	about anything	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	promise speech: promise	present	he						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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