Test 16 · ★ · Promises

did u hear Jack promised to watch his little bro at the park but went off with mates n the kid got all the way to the motorway!!

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, Jack, kid · What happens: hear, promise, watch, go off, get · To what, where: little bro, park, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 promised	nsubj
5	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 watch	mark
7	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 promised	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bro	nmod:poss
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bro	amod
10	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 watch	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 park	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 park	det
13	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 watch	obl
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 went	cc
15	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 promised	conj
16	off	off	ADP	_	15 went	compound:prt
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 mates	case
18	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 went	obl
19	n	n	SCONJ	_	22 got	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 kid	det
21	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 got	nsubj
22	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 went	advcl
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	25 way	det:predet
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 way	det
25	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 got	obj
26	to	to	ADP	_	28 motorway	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 motorway	det
28	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 got	obl
29	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	promise speech: promise	past	Jack				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	watch not said to happen	to-infinitive	Jack not said here	Jack's little bro	the park		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Theme
4	go off	past	Jack not said here			with mates	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
5	get	past	the kid	all way		to the motorway	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=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

Leaving is fine if mates ask

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 ask	mark
5	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ask	nsubj
6	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		fine property	tree rules
3	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen	present	mates		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Promises to little brothers and sisters don't count as much as ones to friends

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 count	nsubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 brothers	case
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brothers	amod
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Promises	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sisters	cc
6	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 brothers	conj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 count	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 count	advmod
9	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 much	advmod
11	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 count	obj
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 ones	case
13	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 count	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 friends	case
15	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 count	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not count	present · do-support	Promises to little brothers and sisters	much				as ones; to friends	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent much=Theme as one=Attribute

Option 3

Little kids never wander off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kids	amod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wander	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 wander	advmod
4	wander	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 wander	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wander off	present	Little kids						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A promise to keep someone safe must be kept; "motorway" may be exaggerated

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	nsubj:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promise	acl
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 keep	obj
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keep	xcomp
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 kept	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 kept	aux:pass
9	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 exaggerated	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 motorway	punct
12	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 exaggerated	nsubj:pass
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 motorway	punct
14	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 exaggerated	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 exaggerated	aux:pass
16	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 kept	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive	someone	safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	keep	must · passive	a promise		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	exaggerate	may · passive	motorway		tree rules

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