Test 8 · Vows, oaths and promises in faith

A cartoon shows a Brownie who says the promise and then laughs, "It's just words." What is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, Brownie · What happens: show, say, laugh, be · To what, where: Brownie, promise, words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» 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: A cartoon shows a Brownie who says the promise and then laughs, "It's just words."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cartoon	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 Brownie	det
5	Brownie	Brownie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Brownie	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 promise	det
9	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 laughs	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 laughs	advmod
12	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 says	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 words	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 words	punct
15	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 words	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 words	cop
17	just	just	ADV	_	18 words	advmod
18	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 laughs	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon		a Brownie		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brownie=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	present	a Brownie	the promise			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent promise=Topic
3	laugh	present	a Brownie not said here			then	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a in a quote	present	cartoon	words			tree 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 wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wrong property	tree rules

The options

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

A promise said together reminds you who you want to be; it's meant

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reminds	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 promise	acl
4	together	together	ADV	_	3 said	advmod
5	reminds	remind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 reminds	obj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 want	obj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 want	nsubj
9	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reminds	ccomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 be	mark
11	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 want	xcomp
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 meant	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 meant	nsubj:pass
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 meant	aux:pass
15	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 reminds	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	a promise not said here			together property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	remind speech: other	present	a promise		you		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
3	want	present	you				tree rules
4	be not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	mean	present · passive		promise			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 2

Brownies don't have any promise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brownies	brownie	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 promise	det
6	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	present · do-support	Brownies	any promise					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Patient

Option 3

Nothing; promises at clubs are only words, and nobody expects children to mean them

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 words	nsubj
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 promises	punct
3	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nothing	conj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 clubs	case
5	clubs	club	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 promises	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 words	cop
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 words	advmod
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 expects	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 expects	cc
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 expects	nsubj
12	expects	expect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 words	acl:relcl
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 expects	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 mean	mark
15	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 expects	xcomp
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 mean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Nothing	words	tree rules
2	expect	present	nobody	children	tree rules
3	mean not said to happen	to-infinitive	children not said here	children = child	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 4

She should have said it louder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 said	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	aux
4	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	obj
6	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 said	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should · perfect	She	it				loud property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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