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Test 1 · Keeping promises

Your mate says, "Promises to little brothers don't count, he's only six." What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Promises, best reply · What happens: say, not count, be · To what, where: six · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 86 «Keeping promises» 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: Your mate says, "Promises to little brothers don't count, he's only six."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctnsubjcaseamodnmodauxadvmodccomppunctnsubjcopadvmodoblpunctpunctrootYourPRONmateNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTPromisesNOUNtoADPlittleADJbrothersNOUNdoAUXn'tPARTcountVERB,PUNCThePRON'sAUXonlyADVsixNUM.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 matenmod:poss
2matemateNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_12 countpunct
5""PUNCT_12 countpunct
6PromisespromiseNOUNNumber=Plur12 countnsubj
7totoADP_9 brotherscase
8littlelittleADJDegree=Pos9 brothersamod
9brothersbrotherNOUNNumber=Plur6 Promisesnmod
10dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 countaux
11n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg12 countadvmod
12countcountVERBVerbForm=Inf3 saysccomp
13,,PUNCT_17 sixpunct
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 sixnsubj
15'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 sixcop
16onlyonlyADV_17 sixadvmod
17sixsixNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card12 countobl
18..PUNCT_12 countpunct
19""PUNCT_12 countpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour matevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2not count in a quotepresent · do-supportPromises to little brothersvn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3is a in a quotepresentmatesixtree rules

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 best reply?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETbestADJreplyNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 replydet
4bestgoodADJDegree=Sup5 replyamod
5replyreplyNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe best replytree rules

The options

Option 1

Promises to brothers count only on birthdays

nsubjcasenmodadvmodcaseobjrootPromisesNOUNtoADPbrothersNOUNcountVERBonlyADVonADPbirthdaysNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PromisespromiseNOUNNumber=Plur4 countnsubj
2totoADP_3 brotherscase
3brothersbrotherNOUNNumber=Plur1 Promisesnmod
4countcountVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5onlyonlyADV_7 birthdaysadvmod
6ononADP_7 birthdayscase
7birthdaysbirthdayNOUNNumber=Plur4 countobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1countpresentPromises to brothersbirthdaysvn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They count the same; he's counting on you, maybe even more

nsubjdetobjpunctnsubjauxconjcaseoblpunctadvmodadvmodadvmodrootTheyPRONcountVERBtheDETsameADJ;PUNCThePRON'sAUXcountingVERBonADPyouPRON,PUNCTmaybeADVevenADVmoreADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 countnsubj
2countcountVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 samedet
4samesameADJDegree=Pos2 countobj
5;;PUNCT_8 countingpunct
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 countingnsubj
7'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 countingaux
8countingcountVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 countconj
9ononADP_10 youcase
10youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs8 countingobl
11,,PUNCT_14 morepunct
12maybemaybeADV_14 moreadvmod
13evenevenADV_14 moreadvmod
14moremoreADVDegree=Cmp2 countadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1countpresentTheythe samevn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Theme
2countpresent · progressiveheon youvn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on you=Theme

Option 3

Little kids forget, so you can always break them

amodnsubjpunctadvmodnsubjauxadvmodparataxisobjrootLittleADJkidsNOUNforgetVERB,PUNCTsoADVyouPRONcanAUXalwaysADVbreakVERBthemPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LittlelittleADJDegree=Pos2 kidsamod
2kidskidNOUNNumber=Plur3 forgetnsubj
3forgetforgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_9 breakpunct
5sosoADV_9 breakadvmod
6youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs9 breaknsubj
7cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin9 breakaux
8alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot9 breakadvmod
9breakbreakVERBVerbForm=Inf3 forgetparataxis
10themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs9 breakobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1forgetpresentLittle kidstree rules
2breakcanyoukids = kidalways propertyvn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He's right, promises only count with friends who are your own age

nsubjcopamodpunctnsubjadvmodcaseoblnsubjcopnmod:possamodacl:relclrootHePRON'sAUXrightADJ,PUNCTpromisesNOUNonlyADVcountVERBwithADPfriendsNOUNwhoPRONareAUXyourPRONownADJageNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Pos5 promisesamod
4,,PUNCT_5 promisespunct
5promisespromiseNOUNNumber=Plur7 countnsubj
6onlyonlyADV_7 countadvmod
7countcountVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8withwithADP_9 friendscase
9friendsfriendNOUNNumber=Plur7 countobl
10whowhoPRONPronType=Rel14 agensubj
11arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 agecop
12youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 agenmod:poss
13ownownADJDegree=Pos14 ageamod
14ageageNOUNNumber=Sing9 friendsacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2countpresentright promiseswith friendsvn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3is apresentfriendsyour own agetree rules

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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