Exam question 3 · Promises to family
It is given that a person can no longer attend an event to which attendance was promised. Select the response consistent with courtesy.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person, you · What happens: give, attend, promise, select · To what, where: It, event, attendance, response
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a person can no longer attend an event to which attendance was promised.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 attend | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 attend | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 attend | aux |
| 8 | no | no | ADV | _ | 9 longer | advmod |
| 9 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 attend | advmod |
| 10 | attend | attend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 given | advcl |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 event | det |
| 12 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 attend | obj |
| 13 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 17 promised | mark |
| 14 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 15 attendance | det |
| 15 | attendance | attendance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 promised | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 promised | aux:pass |
| 17 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 attend | advcl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | attend | can | a person | a event | long property | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme event=Goal | |||
| 3 | promise speech: promise | past · passive | which attendance | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
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: Select the response consistent with courtesy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 courtesy | case |
| 6 | courtesy | courtesy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The host is informed in advance of the event
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 host | det |
| 2 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 informed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 informed | aux:pass |
| 4 | informed | inform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 advance | case |
| 6 | advance | advance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 informed | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 event | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 event | det |
| 9 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 advance | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inform speech: other | present · passive | the host | advance of the event | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | advance | the event | nom advance «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The person attends for a single moment only and leaves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 attends | nsubj |
| 3 | attends | attend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 moment | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 moment | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 moment | amod |
| 7 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 attends | obl |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 moment | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 leaves | cc |
| 10 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 moment | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attend | present | the person | moment | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The person informs the host a week afterwards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 informs | nsubj |
| 3 | informs | inform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 host | det |
| 5 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 informs | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 week | det |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 informs | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 3 informs | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inform speech: other | present | the person | the host | week | afterwards property | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent host=Recipient |
Option 4
The person fails to attend without any notice at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fails | nsubj |
| 3 | fails | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 attend | mark |
| 5 | attend | attend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fails | xcomp |
| 6 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 notice | case |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 notice | det |
| 8 | notice | notice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 attend | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 attend | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | present | the person | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | not attend | to-infinitive | the person not said here | without any notice; at all | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at all=Theme |
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