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title: Your dad promised a bike ride, then his work called him in. What wou… — Promises · tree and pragmatics
description: Your dad promised a bike ride, then his work called him in. What would help most? Test 6 · ★ 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 6 · ★ · Promises

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Your dad promised a bike ride, then his work called him in. What would help most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, work · **What happens:** promise, call in, work, help · **To what, where:** bike ride, dad

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your dad promised a bike ride, then his work called him in.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t6:1
# text = Your dad promised a bike ride, then his work called him in.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | Your dad | a bike ride |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent ride=Theme |
| 2 | **call in** *speech: assert* | past | dad's work |  | dad |  | then |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 3 | **work** |  | dad |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would help most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t6:2
# text = What would help most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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Telling him calmly you are disappointed and asking for another day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t6:o1:1
# text = Telling him calmly you are disappointed and asking for another day
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	disappointed	disappointed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | him *= he* |  |  | calmly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | disappointed *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Saying loudly that he always breaks every promise he ever makes to you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t6:o2:1
# text = Saying loudly that he always breaks every promise he ever makes to you
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	csubj	_	_
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
11	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **break** | present | he | every promise |  |  |  | always *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient |
| 3 | **make** | present | he |  | you |  | ever |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Deciding never to believe him again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t6:o3:1
# text = Deciding never to believe him again
1	Deciding	decide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **decide** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **believe** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  | again |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Going on the bike ride alone instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t6:o4:1
# text = Going on the bike ride alone instead
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  | the bike ride |  | alone, instead *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ride=Location |

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