Test 15 · ★ · Promises

made a promise to keep a secret but it's someone getting hurt

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: secret · What happens: make, keep, be, get, hurt · To what, where: promise, secret, someone

This is test 15 · ★ 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	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 promise	det
3	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 made	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 promise	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 secret	det
7	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 someone	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 someone	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 someone	cop
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 made	conj
12	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 someone	acl
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 getting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	past		a promise	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset promise=Product
2	keep	to-infinitive		a secret	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme
3	is a	present	secret	someone	tree rules
4	get	gerund			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	hurt	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

Tell a trusted adult, safety beats the promise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 adult	amod
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 beats	punct
6	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beats	nsubj
7	beats	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 promise	det
9	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beats	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a trusted adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	beat	present	safety	the promise		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location promise=Theme

Option 2

Keep it, a promise is a promise, whatever it is about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 promise	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 promise	det
5	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 promise	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 promise	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 promise	det
8	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 whatever	punct
10	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 promise	nmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 whatever	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 whatever	cop
13	about	about	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it	about property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is a	present	a promise	a promise		tree rules
3	is a	present	promise	whatever		tree rules

Option 3

Write it in your diary only and tell no one else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Write	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 diary	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 diary	nmod:poss
5	diary	diary	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obl
6	only	only	ADV	_	1 Write	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tell	cc
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Write	conj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj
11	else	else	ADV	_	8 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	it		your diary			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in diary=Destination
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	no one				else property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient

Option 4

Tell only the person who did it, so they know you know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 person	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 did	nsubj
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 person	acl:relcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 did	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 know	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 know	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 know	nsubj
11	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 know	nsubj
13	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the person	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient
2	do	past	the person	person		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	know	present	they			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	know	present	you			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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