Test 13 · ★ · Promises

promised to watch lil bro at the park but my mates are calling

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mates · What happens: promise, watch, call · To what, where: lil bro, park · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ 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	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 watch	mark
3	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 promised	xcomp
4	lil	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bro	amod
5	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watch	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 park	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 park	det
8	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watch	obl
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 calling	cc
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mates	nmod:poss
11	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 calling	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 calling	aux
13	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 promised	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	watch not said to happen	to-infinitive		lil bro	the park	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Theme
3	call	present · progressive	my mates			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Go, he'll be ok

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ok	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ok	nsubj
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 ok	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 ok	cop
6	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	future	he					ok property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Keep your promise and stay with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 promise	nmod:poss
3	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 stay	cc
5	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	your promise		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
2	stay	infinitive	you not said here		with him = he	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location
3	promise		your			nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Ask a stranger at the park to watch him while you play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stranger	det
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	iobj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 park	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 park	det
6	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 watch	mark
8	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 watch	obj
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 play	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 play	nsubj
12	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 watch	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		a stranger	the park	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent stranger=Recipient
2	watch	to-infinitive	you not said here	him = he			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	play	present	you				vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Tell him to follow you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 follow	mark
4	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 follow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	follow not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	you					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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