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Test 6 · ★ · Promises

Your dad promised a bike ride, then his work called him in. What would help most?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, work · What happens: promise, call in, work, help · To what, where: bike ride, dad

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Your dad promised a bike ride, then his work called him in.

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 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	nsubj
3	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ride	det
5	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ride	compound
6	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 called	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 called	advmod
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 work	nmod:poss
10	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 called	nsubj
11	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 promised	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 called	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	11 called	compound:prt
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	Your dad	a bike ride					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent ride=Theme
2	call in speech: assert	past	dad's work		dad		then		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	work		dad						nom work «act intransitive»: poss=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: What would help most?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 help	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 help	aux
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	3 help	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Telling him calmly you are disappointed and asking for another day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 disappointed	csubj
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Telling	iobj
3	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	1 Telling	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 disappointed	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 disappointed	cop
6	disappointed	disappointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asking	cc
8	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 disappointed	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 day	case
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			him = he			calmly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is	present	you					disappointed property	tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	gerund	you not said here				day		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Saying loudly that he always breaks every promise he ever makes to you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 makes	csubj
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Saying	advmod
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 breaks	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 breaks	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 breaks	advmod
6	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 makes	advcl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 promise	det
8	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 breaks	obj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 makes	nsubj
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 makes	advmod
11	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 you	case
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund						loudly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	break	present	he	every promise				always property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient
3	make	present	he		you		ever		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Deciding never to believe him again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deciding	decide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	1 Deciding	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 believe	mark
4	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Deciding	advcl
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 believe	obj
6	again	again	ADV	_	4 believe	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not decide	gerund							vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	believe	to-infinitive		him = he			again		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4

Going on the bike ride alone instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 ride	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ride	det
4	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ride	compound
5	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Going	obl
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Going	advmod
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund				the bike ride		alone, instead property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ride=Location

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