Test 3 · ★ · Promises

Which promise does NOT have to be kept?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: promise · What happens: not have, keep

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
4	NOT	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 have	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 kept	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 kept	aux:pass
8	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 have	xcomp
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	present · do-support	which promise						tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive · passive	which promise not said here						vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»

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

One you made to your grandmother last week about visiting her soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 grandmother	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 grandmother	nmod:poss
6	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 week	amod
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl:unmarked
9	about	about	SCONJ	_	10 visiting	mark
10	visiting	visit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 made	advcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 visiting	obj
12	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 visiting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle · passive		One			week	to your grandmother	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	visit	gerund		her = she				soon property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

One you were forced to make by someone threatening you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 forced	nsubj:pass
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 forced	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 forced	aux:pass
4	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 forced	xcomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 someone	case
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 make	obl
9	threatening	threaten	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 someone	acl
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 threatening	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	force	past · passive		One		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	make	to-infinitive	One not said here		by someone	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	threaten	gerund		you		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer

Option 3

A promise to return a library book

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	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 return	mark
4	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promise	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 book	det
6	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 book	compound
7	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 return	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	to-infinitive		a library book					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme

Option 4

A pinky promise made to a good friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 promise	det
2	pinky	pinky	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promise	compound
3	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 promise	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 friend	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 friend	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 friend	amod
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a pinky promise not said here					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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