Exam question 4 · Promises to friends and to yourself

State the consequence that most commonly follows the breaking of a promise to save money.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, most · What happens: state, follow, save · To what, where: consequence, breaking, money

This is exam question 4 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 follows	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 follows	nsubj
6	commonly	commonly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 most	xcomp
7	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 State	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 breaking	det
9	breaking	breaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 follows	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 promise	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 promise	det
12	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 breaking	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 save	mark
14	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 promise	acl
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 save	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the consequence	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	follow	present	most	the breaking of a promise	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breaking=Theme
3	save	to-infinitive	most not said here	money	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=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.

The options

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

The person forgoes the item for which the money was saved

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 forgoes	nsubj
3	forgoes	forgo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 item	det
5	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgoes	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 saved	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 money	det
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 saved	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 saved	aux:pass
11	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 item	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgo	present	the person	the item					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent item=Location
2	save	past · passive		the money				for the item	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme for which=Source

Option 2

The person receives the item regardless, as savings are not required

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 receives	nsubj
3	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 item	det
5	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	obj
6	regardless	regardless	ADV	_	3 receives	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 required	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 required	mark
9	savings	savings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	12 required	nsubj:pass
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 required	aux:pass
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 required	advmod
12	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 receives	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	the person	the item				regardless property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Theme
2	not require	present · passive		savings					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 3

The person is fined by a bank

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	4 fined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fined	aux:pass
4	fined	fine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 bank	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bank	det
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fine	present · passive	a bank	the person					vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 4

No consequence follows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	nsubj
3	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	no consequence						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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