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title: Identify the principal reason for which a promise made to a young ch… — Promises to family · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a promise made to a young child ought to be honoured. Exam question 1 of lesson 358 «Promises to family» 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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# Exam question 1 · Promises to family

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Identify the principal reason for which a promise made to a young child ought to be honoured.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, make, honour · **To what, where:** principal reason, promise

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 358 «Promises to family» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a promise made to a young child ought to be honoured.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	honoured	honour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a promise *not said here* |  |  |  | to a young child | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **honour** | ought · passive | you *not said here* | a promise |  |  |  | for the principal reason | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The child relies upon it and experiences disappointment if it is broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e1:o1:1
# text = The child relies upon it and experiences disappointment if it is broken
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	relies	rely	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	experiences	experience	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	disappointment	disappointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rely** | present | the child |  |  |  |  | upon it | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **experience** | present | the child *not said here* | disappointment |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer disappointment=Stimulus |
| 3 | **break** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | child |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Young children do not remember promises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e1:o2:1
# text = Young children do not remember promises
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **remember** | present · do-support | Young children | promises |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent promise=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Promises to adults alone are significant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e1:o3:1
# text = Promises to adults alone are significant
1	Promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	significant	significant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Promises to adults |  |  |  |  | significant *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Promises made to young children are legally binding upon the person who makes them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e1:o4:1
# text = Promises made to young children are legally binding upon the person who makes them
1	Promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	legally	legally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	binding	bind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | Promises *not said here* |  |  |  | to young children | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **bind** | present · progressive | Promises |  |  |  |  | upon the person; legally *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **make** | present | the person | Promises *= promise* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product |

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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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