Test 4 · ★ · Promises

You promised to go swimming with Sam, then Ava invites you to a theme park on the same day. What is fair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, Ava · What happens: promise, go, swim, invite, be · To what, where: you

This is test 4 · ★ 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: You promised to go swimming with Sam, then Ava invites you to a theme park on the same day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 go	mark
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promised	xcomp
5	swimming	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 go	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 Sam	case
7	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 swimming	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 invites	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 invites	advmod
10	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 invites	nsubj
11	invites	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 promised	conj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 invites	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 park	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 park	det
15	theme	theme	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 park	compound
16	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 invites	obl
17	on	on	ADP	_	20 day	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 day	det
19	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 day	amod
20	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 invites	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	You				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	You not said here				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	swim	gerund	You not said here			with Sam	vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with sam=Theme
4	invite	present	Ava	you	then; day	to a theme park	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

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: What is fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 fair	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	cop
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fair	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Go to the theme park and tell Sam you were ill, so his feelings are not hurt

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 park	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 park	det
4	theme	theme	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 park	compound
5	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tell	cc
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
8	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 ill	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 ill	cop
11	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tell	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hurt	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	18 hurt	advmod
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 feelings	nmod:poss
15	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 hurt	nsubj:pass
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 hurt	aux:pass
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 hurt	advmod
18	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Go	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			the theme park		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial_Location
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		Sam			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sam=Recipient
3	is	past	you				ill property	tree rules
4	not hurt	present · passive		Sam's feelings				vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Ask Ava to invite Sam instead of you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 invite	mark
4	invite	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 invite	obj
6	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	8 you	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 instead	fixed
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 invite	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Ava				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent ava=Recipient clause=Topic
2	invite not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		Sam			instead you	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sam=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Keep your plan with Sam, or ask him honestly if you may change it

The tree, 14 words

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 plan	nmod:poss
3	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 Sam	case
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ask	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 ask	cc
8	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ask	obj
10	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	8 ask	advmod
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 change	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 change	nsubj
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 change	aux
14	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 ask	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	your plan		with Sam	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		Sam	honestly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	change a condition, not said to happen	may	you	plan			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	plan		your				nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Go to the theme park and say nothing to Sam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 park	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 park	det
4	theme	theme	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 park	compound
5	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 say	cc
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 say	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Sam	case
10	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			the theme park			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial_Location
2	say speech: assert	present	you not said here	nothing	Sam				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic to sam=Recipient

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