Test 9 · ★ · Promises

promised to play w my sis but now my mate's invited me to the cinema

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: promise, play, invite · To what, where: mate

This is test 9 · ★ 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	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 play	mark
3	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 promised	xcomp
4	w	with	ADP	Abbr=Yes	6 sis	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sis	nmod:poss
6	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 play	obl
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 invited	cc
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 invited	advmod
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mate	nmod:poss
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 invited	nsubj:pass
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 invited	aux:pass
12	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 promised	conj
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 invited	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 cinema	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cinema	det
16	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 invited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	play not said to happen	to-infinitive			with my sis	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with sis=Theme
3	invite	present · passive	my mate	now	to the cinema	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 · ← Mova's choice

Take your mate's offer and say nothing, she won't even notice you've gone

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 offer	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 mate	case
5	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 say	cc
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 say	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 notice	punct
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 notice	nsubj
11	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 notice	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 notice	advmod
13	even	even	ADV	_	14 notice	advmod
14	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Take	conj
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 gone	nsubj
16	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 gone	aux
17	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 notice	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	your mate's offer	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	nothing	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
3	not notice	future	she		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	go	present · perfect	you		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	offer		your mate		nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Tell her you're ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 ill	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ill	cop
5	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp

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

Option 3

Just go, she'll get over it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	2 go	advmod
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 get	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 go	advcl
7	over	over	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	future	she			it			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over it=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Keep the promise or ask your sister honestly first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 promise	det
3	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 ask	cc
5	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sister	nmod:poss
7	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ask	obj
8	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	5 ask	advmod
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the promise					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		your sister			first, honestly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient

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