Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad practice: the hardest cases

"Swear you won't tell, or I'll hate you for ever," says Tia's friend, packing a bag. What is the right move?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, friend, right move · What happens: swear, not tell, hate, say, pack, be · To what, where: you, bag · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Olympiad practice: the hardest cases» of the religion ethics 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: "Swear you won't tell, or I'll hate you for ever," says Tia's friend, packing a bag.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Swear	punct
2	Swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 says	ccomp
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 tell	nsubj
4	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 tell	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 tell	advmod
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Swear	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hate	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 hate	cc
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 hate	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 hate	aux
11	hate	hate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Swear	conj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 hate	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 ever	case
14	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 hate	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Swear	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Swear	punct
17	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	Tia	Tia	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 friend	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Tia	case
20	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 says	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 packing	punct
22	packing	pack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 says	conj
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 bag	det
24	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 packing	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	swear in a quote	infinitive			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not tell speech: assert in a quote	future	you		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hate in a quote	future	Tia's friend = friend	you	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus for ever=Attribute
4	say speech: assert	present	Tia's friend		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	pack	gerund	Tia's friend not said here	a bag	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bag=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: What is the right move?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 move	det
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 move	amod
5	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the right move						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Keep the promise and hope she's OK, because a promise to a friend is sacred

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 promise	det
3	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hope	cc
5	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 OK	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 OK	cop
8	OK	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hope	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sacred	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	17 sacred	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 promise	det
12	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sacred	nsubj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 friend	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 friend	det
15	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 promise	nmod
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 sacred	cop
17	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the promise		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
2	hope	present	you not said here			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	is	present	she		ok property	tree rules
4	is	present	a promise to a friend		sacred property	tree rules

Option 2

Help her pack so she's safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Help	obj
3	pack	pack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Help	xcomp
4	so	so	ADV	_	7 safe	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 safe	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Help	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	help	imperative	you not said here	her = she		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	pack	infinitive	her = she not said here			vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	she		safe property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell a trusted adult right now; her safety matters more than the promise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 adult	amod
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	right	right	ADV	_	6 now	advmod
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Tell	advmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 matters	punct
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 safety	nmod:poss
9	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 matters	nsubj
10	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	parataxis
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 matters	advmod
12	than	than	ADP	_	14 promise	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 promise	det
14	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 matters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a trusted adult	now		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	matter	present	adult's safety			than the promise	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Tell her to wait until summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wait	mark
4	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	until	until	ADP	_	6 summer	case
6	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	wait not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here				summer		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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