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title: Which promise does NOT have to be kept? — Promises · tree and pragmatics
description: Which promise does NOT have to be kept? Test 3 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Promises

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Which promise does NOT have to be kept?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** promise · **What happens:** not have, keep

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t3:1
# text = Which promise does NOT have to be kept?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	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	_	_
4	NOT	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | which promise |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive · passive | which promise *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP» |

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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 {#o1}

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One you made to your grandmother last week about visiting her soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t3:o1:1
# text = One you made to your grandmother last week about visiting her soon
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle · passive |  | One |  |  | week | to your grandmother | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **visit** | gerund |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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One you were forced to make by someone threatening you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t3:o2:1
# text = One you were forced to make by someone threatening you
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
9	threatening	threaten	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | past · passive |  | One |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | One *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by someone | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **threaten** | gerund |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A promise to return a library book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t3:o3:1
# text = A promise to return a library book
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | to-infinitive |  | a library book |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A pinky promise made to a good friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t3:o4:1
# text = A pinky promise made to a good friend
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pinky	pinky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a pinky promise *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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