Test 2 · ★ · Promises

A girl in Halifax is sick on the day she promised to help at the bake sale. Which choice is best?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, choice · What happens: be, promise, help · To what, where: day, bake sale

This is test 2 · ★ 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 girl in Halifax is sick on the day she promised to help at the bake sale.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sick	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Halifax	case
4	Halifax	Halifax	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sick	cop
6	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 day	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sick	obl
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 promised	nsubj
11	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 day	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 help	mark
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 promised	xcomp
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 sale	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sale	det
16	bake	bake	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sale	compound
17	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 help	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a girl in Halifax			day	sick property	tree rules
2	promise speech: promise	past	girl	the day not said here				vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent day=Recipient clause=Topic
3	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	girl not said here		the bake sale			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: 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: Which choice is best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 choice	det
2	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 best	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 best	cop
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 best	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which choice					good property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Not tell anyone, since being ill is not her fault

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 tell	advmod
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 tell	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fault	punct
5	since	since	ADP	_	11 fault	case
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 ill	cop
7	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fault	advcl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 fault	cop
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 fault	advmod
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 fault	nmod:poss
11	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	anyone			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient
2	is	gerund				ill property	tree rules
3	not is	present			since her fault		tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Message the organiser early to say she cannot come and say sorry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Message	message	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 organiser	det
3	organiser	organiser	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Message	obj
4	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Message	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 say	mark
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Message	advcl
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 come	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 come	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 come	advmod
10	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 say	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 say	cc
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 say	conj
13	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 say	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	message	imperative	you not said here	the organiser	early property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not come	can	she			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	say speech: apologize	infinitive	you not said here		sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Ask her little sister to go instead and not tell anyone about the swap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sister	nmod:poss
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sister	amod
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 go	mark
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	ccomp
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tell	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 tell	advmod
10	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 tell	obj
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 swap	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 swap	det
14	swap	swap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	her little sister		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient clause=Topic
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive			instead property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	anyone	about the swap	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient about swap=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Go anyway, even though she has a fever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 has	punct
4	even	even	ADV	_	7 has	advmod
5	though	though	SCONJ	_	7 has	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 has	nsubj
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	parataxis
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fever	det
9	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					anyway property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	present	she	a fever					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fever=Patient

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