--- title: You promised to go swimming with Sam, then Ava invites you to a them… — Promises · tree and pragmatics description: You promised to go swimming with Sam, then Ava invites you to a theme park on the same day. What is fair? Test 4 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/199-promises/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Promises](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/199-promises/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Promises You promised to go swimming with Sam, then Ava invites you to a theme park on the same day. What is fair? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, Ava · **What happens:** promise, go, swim, invite, be · **To what, where:** you This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You promised to go swimming with Sam, then Ava invites you to a theme park on the same day. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t4:1 # text = You promised to go swimming with Sam, then Ava invites you to a theme park on the same day. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 swimming swim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 10 Ava Ava PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 invites invite VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 theme theme NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | You | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **swim** | gerund | You *not said here* | | | | | with Sam | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with sam=Theme | | 4 | **invite** | present | Ava | | you | | then; day | to a theme park | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | 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 fair? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t4:2 # text = What is fair? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Go to the theme park and tell Sam you were ill, so his feelings are not hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t4:o1:1 # text = Go to the theme park and tell Sam you were ill, so his feelings are not hurt 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 theme theme NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the theme park | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | Sam | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sam=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | you | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **hurt** | present · passive | | Sam's feelings | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ask Ava to invite Sam instead of you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t4:o2:1 # text = Ask Ava to invite Sam instead of you 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Ava Ava PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 iobj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 invite invite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 8 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | Ava | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent ava=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **invite** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | Sam | | | instead you | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sam=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Keep your plan with Sam, or ask him honestly if you may change it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t4:o3:1 # text = Keep your plan with Sam, or ask him honestly if you may change it 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | your plan | | | | with Sam | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | Sam | | | honestly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **change** *a condition, not said to happen* | may | you | plan | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **plan** | | your | | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Go to the theme park and say nothing to Sam ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t4:o4:1 # text = Go to the theme park and say nothing to Sam 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 theme theme NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the theme park | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you *not said here* | nothing | Sam | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic to sam=Recipient | **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. 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