Exam question 1 · Promises to family

Identify the principal reason for which a promise made to a young child ought to be honoured.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, make, honour · To what, where: principal reason, promise

This is exam question 1 of lesson 358 «Promises to family» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 honoured	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 promise	det
8	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 honoured	nsubj:pass
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 promise	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 child	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 child	amod
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obl
14	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 honoured	aux
15	to	to	PART	_	17 honoured	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 honoured	aux:pass
17	honoured	honour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	make	participle		a promise not said here	to a young child	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	honour	ought · passive	you not said here	a promise	for the principal reason	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 · ✓ the right answer

The child relies upon it and experiences disappointment if it is broken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 relies	nsubj
3	relies	rely	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 relies	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 experiences	cc
7	experiences	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 relies	conj
8	disappointment	disappointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 experiences	obj
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 broken	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 broken	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 broken	aux:pass
12	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 experiences	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rely	present	the child		upon it	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	experience	present	the child not said here	disappointment		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer disappointment=Stimulus
3	break a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		child		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Young children do not remember promises

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 remember	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 remember	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 remember	advmod
5	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 remember	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not remember	present · do-support	Young children	promises					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent promise=Theme

Option 3

Promises to adults alone are significant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 significant	nsubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 adults	case
3	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Promises	nmod
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 adults	advmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 significant	cop
6	significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Promises made to young children are legally binding upon the person who makes them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 binding	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Promises	acl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 children	case
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 children	amod
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 made	obl
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 binding	aux
7	legally	legally	ADV	_	8 binding	advmod
8	binding	bind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 person	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 binding	obl
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 makes	nsubj
13	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 person	acl:relcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	participle		Promises not said here	to young children	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	bind	present · progressive	Promises		upon the person; legally property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	make	present	the person	Promises = promise		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product

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