Test 5 · ★ · Promises

Why does a pet promise matter more than many other promises?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pet promise · What happens: matter · To what, where: more

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 matter	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 matter	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 promise	det
4	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 promise	compound
5	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 matter	nsubj
6	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 matter	obj
8	than	than	ADP	_	11 promises	case
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 promises	amod
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 promises	amod
11	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 more	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 matter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present · do-support	a pet promise	more					tree rules

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

Pets are more expensive than toys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 expensive	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expensive	cop
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 expensive	advmod
4	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 toys	case
6	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 expensive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Pets					than toys; expensive property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Pets remember every single promise you make and get sad if you break one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remember	nsubj
2	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 promise	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 promise	amod
5	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remember	obj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 make	nsubj
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 promise	acl:relcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 get	cc
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 remember	conj
10	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 get	xcomp
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 break	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 break	nsubj
13	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 get	advcl
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remember	present	Pets	every single promise		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
2	make	present	you	every single promise not said here		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Product
3	get	infinitive	Pets not said here		sad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	break a condition, not said to happen	present	you	one		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An animal depends on you for food, water and care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depends	nsubj
3	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 you	case
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 depends	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 food	case
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depends	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 water	punct
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 food	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 care	cc
11	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	a animal					on you; for food and water and care	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on you=Theme

Option 4

Your parents will take the pet away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 parents	nmod:poss
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 take	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 take	aux
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pet	det
6	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take away	future	Your parents	the pet				away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Theme

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