Test 10 · ★★ · Good secrets and bad secrets

Jamie's friend begs, "Promise, swear on your life." Jamie promised. What wins?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, Jamie · What happens: beg, swear, promise, win · To what, where: Promise, life · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 87 «Good secrets and bad secrets» 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: Jamie's friend begs, "Promise, swear on your life."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jamie	Jamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Jamie	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begs	nsubj
4	begs	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Promise	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Promise	punct
7	Promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begs	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 swear	punct
9	swear	swear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 begs	parataxis
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 life	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 life	nmod:poss
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swear	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 begs	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 begs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	present	Jamie's friend	Promise					vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent promise=Recipient clause=Topic
2	swear in a quote	infinitive				your life			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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: Jamie promised.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jamie	Jamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	Jamie						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What wins?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 wins	nsubj
2	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 wins	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present							vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Jamie should ask other kids what to do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jamie	Jamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ask	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 ask	aux
3	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kids	amod
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ask	obj
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 do	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ask	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	should	Jamie		other kids				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient clause=Topic
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive							vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Option 2

The promise wins, so Jamie must say nothing, because he swore on his life

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	3 wins	nsubj
3	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 say	advmod
6	Jamie	Jamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 say	aux
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wins	ccomp
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 say	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 swore	punct
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 swore	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 swore	nsubj
13	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 say	parataxis
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 life	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 life	nmod:poss
16	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 swore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	win	present	the promise			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	must	Jamie	nothing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
3	swear	past	Jamie		Jamie's life	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The friend's safety wins over the promise; tell a trusted adult

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 safety	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 friend	case
4	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wins	nsubj
5	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 promise	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 promise	det
8	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wins	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wins	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
12	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 adult	amod
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	win	present	the friend's safety		the promise	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive		a trusted adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Jamie should tell the friend's mum's boyfriend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jamie	Jamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tell	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	aux
3	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 friend	det
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mum	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 friend	case
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boyfriend	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 mum	case
9	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should	Jamie		the friend's mum's boyfriend				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boyfriend=Recipient

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