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title: kid said promise ur not friends with Ella or else — Promises · tree and pragmatics
description: kid said promise ur not friends with Ella or else Test 10 · ★ of lesson 199 «Promises» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Promises

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kid said promise ur not friends with Ella or else

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** say, promise · **To what, where:** friends · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 199 «Promises» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/199-promises/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t10:1
# text = kid said promise ur not friends with Ella or else
1	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	promise	promise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
4	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	iobj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	else	else	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | infinitive |  |  | ur's friends |  |  | with Ella | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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That promise doesn't count; tell an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t10:o1:1
# text = That promise doesn't count; tell an adult
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | that promise |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | that promise *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ask Ella to promise too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t10:o2:1
# text = Ask Ella to promise too
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	promise	promise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Ella |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent ella=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You must keep it now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t10:o3:1
# text = You must keep it now
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | must | You | it |  |  | now |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Promise and stop seeing Ella

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t10:o4:1
# text = Promise and stop seeing Ella
1	Promise	promise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |
| 2 | **stop** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **see** | gerund | you *not said here* | Ella |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ella=Stimulus |

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**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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