Test 6 · ★ · Promises to family
broke my promise to wash dad's car last week and nothing happened, «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nothing, car, my · What happens: break, wash, happen, work, be, promise · To what, where: promise, car
This is test 6 · ★ 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: broke my promise to wash dad's car last week and nothing happened, «it worked last time, so it's fine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 promise | nmod:poss |
| 3 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 broke | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 wash | mark |
| 5 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 broke | advcl |
| 6 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 car | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 dad | case |
| 8 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wash | obj |
| 9 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 week | amod |
| 10 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wash | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 happened | cc |
| 12 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 13 happened | nsubj |
| 13 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 broke | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 worked | punct |
| 15 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 17 worked | punct |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 worked | nsubj |
| 17 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 broke | conj |
| 18 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 time | amod |
| 19 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 worked | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 fine | punct |
| 21 | so | so | ADV | _ | 24 fine | advmod |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 fine | expl |
| 23 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 fine | cop |
| 24 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 worked | advcl |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 24 fine | punct |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 broke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | my promise | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient | |||||
| 2 | wash | to-infinitive | dad's car | week | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient | ||||
| 3 | happen | past | nothing | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | work in a quote | past | car | time | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | car not said here | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | promise | my | nom promise «communication transitive»: 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: Is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Is | nsubj |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | car | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if nothing happened last time then it's fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 happened | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 happened | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 happened | mark |
| 4 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 happened | nsubj |
| 5 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 time | amod |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 happened | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 fine | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 fine | expl |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 fine | cop |
| 11 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 happened | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | nothing | time | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | nothing not said here | then | fine property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, cars wash themselves in rain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 wash | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wash | nsubj |
| 4 | wash | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 wash | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 rain | case |
| 7 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wash | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | present | cars | cars = car | rain | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, Dad was let down and trust gets thinner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 let | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 let | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 let | aux:pass |
| 5 | let | let | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 let | compound:prt |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 gets | cc |
| 8 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 let | conj |
| 10 | thinner | thin | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let down | past · passive | Dad | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | present | trust | thin property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Only if Dad doesn't ask
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 6 ask | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 ask | mark |
| 3 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 ask | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 ask | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 ask | advmod |
| 6 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | present · do-support | Dad | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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