Exam question 3 · Promises to friends and to yourself

It is given that a child, having promised to accompany a friend home, departed alone, and the friend was frightened. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, promise, accompany, depart, frighten, select · To what, where: It, friend, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 359 «Promises to friends and to yourself» 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 child, having promised to accompany a friend home, departed alone, and the friend was frightened.

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	_	6 child	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 promised	punct
8	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 promised	aux
9	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 given	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 accompany	mark
11	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 promised	xcomp
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 friend	det
13	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 accompany	obj
14	home	home	ADV	_	11 accompany	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 departed	punct
16	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 accompany	advcl
17	alone	alone	ADV	_	16 departed	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 frightened	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 frightened	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 friend	det
21	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 frightened	nsubj:pass
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 frightened	aux:pass
23	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	parataxis
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive	It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	promise speech: promise	gerund · perfect			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	accompany not said to happen	to-infinitive	a friend	home property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme
4	depart	past		alone property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	frighten	past · passive	the friend		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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 the established facts.

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	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	.	.	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
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

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

The promise contributed to the friend's sense of safety and its breach caused distress

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	contributed	contribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 promise	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 sense	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 friend	det
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sense	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 friend	case
8	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contributed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 safety	case
10	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sense	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 breach	cc
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 breach	nmod:poss
13	breach	breach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promise	conj
14	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 distress	amod
15	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 breach	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	contribute	participle		the promise and safety's breach caused distress not said here	the friend's sense of safety	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sense=Recipient
2	cause	participle				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
3	sense		the friend	safety		nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
4	breach		safety			nom breach «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The friend bears responsibility for the breach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 responsibility	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bears	compound
3	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 responsibility	compound
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 breach	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 breach	det
7	breach	breach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsibility	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The friend's distress was unrelated to the promise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distress	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 friend	case
4	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unrelated	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 unrelated	aux:pass
6	unrelated	unrelat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 promise	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 promise	det
9	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unrelated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unrelat	past · passive		the friend's distress				to the promise	tree rules
2	distress		the friend						nom distress «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The promise was without significance, since the friend knew the way home perfectly well

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 significance	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 significance	cop
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 significance	case
5	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 knew	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	10 knew	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 friend	det
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knew	nsubj
10	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 significance	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knew	obj
13	home	home	ADV	_	10 knew	advmod
14	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	10 knew	advmod
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 perfectly	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the promise					without significance	tree rules
2	know	past	the friend	the way				home, perfectly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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