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Test 4 · ★ · Promises to family

«I told everyone Sara's secret but she made me promise, so technically…». What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, Sara, me · What happens: tell, make, promise, be · To what, where: secret, everyone, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 358 «Promises to family» 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: «I told everyone Sara's secret but she made me promise, so technically…».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 told	obj
5	Sara	Sara	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 secret	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Sara	case
7	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 made	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 made	nsubj
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	conj
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 made	obj
12	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 made	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 technically	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 technically	advmod
15	technically	technically	ADV	_	12 promise	advmod
16	…	.	PUNCT	_	12 promise	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 promise	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	I	Sara's secret	everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient secret=Topic
2	make in a quote	past	Sara	me					tree rules
3	promise speech: promise in a quote	infinitive	me not said here					technically property	vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=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's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

The options

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

Breaking the promise hurt her; say sorry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Breaking	break	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 hurt	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 promise	det
3	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Breaking	obj
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hurt	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hurt	conj
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 say	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	gerund		the promise					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient
2	hurt	past	Breaking	her = she					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient
3	say speech: apologize	infinitive	Breaking not said here					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Promises only really count if you write them down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 count	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 count	advmod
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 count	advmod
4	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 write	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 write	nsubj
7	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 count	advcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 write	obj
9	down	down	ADP	_	7 write	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	Promises						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	write down a condition, not said to happen	present	you	Promises = promise					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

Technically it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Technically	technically	ADV	_	4 fine	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fine	expl
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 4

Secrets are made to share

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 share	mark
5	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Secrets					tree rules
2	share	to-infinitive	Secrets not said here						tree rules

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