Test 10 · Keeping promises
Your cousin says, "I'll come to every training, 100%," and you know he hates rain. What is the wise advice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, you, wise advice · What happens: say, come, know, hate, be · To what, where: training, rain · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 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 cousin says, "I'll come to every training, 100%," and you know he hates rain.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 come | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 come | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 come | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 come | aux |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 training | case |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 training | det |
| 11 | training | training | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 come | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 % | punct |
| 13 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 % | nummod |
| 14 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 11 training | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 come | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 come | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 know | cc |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 know | nsubj |
| 19 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 hates | nsubj |
| 21 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 know | ccomp |
| 22 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 hates | obj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | come in a quote | future | Your cousin = cousin | every training | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to training=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | know | present | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | hate | present | cousin | rain | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rain=Stimulus |
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 wise advice?
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 advice | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 advice | amod |
| 5 | advice | advice | 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 wise advice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Promise, and then just see what happens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 see | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 see | cc |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 see | advmod |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 see | advmod |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Promise | acl |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 happens | nsubj |
| 8 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 see | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | infinitive | Promise not said here | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | happen | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Promise even more, so Coach is happy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | even | even | ADV | _ | 3 more | advmod |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Promise | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 happy | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 happy | advmod |
| 6 | Coach | Coach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 happy | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 happy | cop |
| 8 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Promise | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Coach | happy property | tree rules |
Option 3
Never go to training at all, so you can't let anyone down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 go | advmod |
| 2 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 training | case |
| 4 | training | training | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 go | obl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 go | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 let | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 let | advmod |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 let | nsubj |
| 10 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 let | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 let | advmod |
| 12 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 go | conj |
| 13 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 let | obj |
| 14 | down | down | ADP | _ | 12 let | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | imperative | you not said here | all | to training | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to training=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | not let down | can | you | anyone | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Promise only what you can really do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Promise | promise | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 what | advmod |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 do | obj |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 do | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 do | advmod |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Promise | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | imperative | you not said here | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | can | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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