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# Exam question 3 · Promises to family

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It is given that a person can no longer attend an event to which attendance was promised. Select the response consistent with courtesy.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person, you · **What happens:** give, attend, promise, select · **To what, where:** It, event, attendance, response

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a person can no longer attend an event to which attendance was promised.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e3:1
# text = It is given that a person can no longer attend an event to which attendance was promised.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	no	no	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	15	det	_	_
15	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **attend** | can | a person | a event |  |  |  | long *property* | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme event=Goal |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · passive |  | which attendance |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the response consistent with courtesy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e3:2
# text = Select the response consistent with courtesy.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The host is informed in advance of the event

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e3:o1:1
# text = The host is informed in advance of the event
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | the host |  | advance of the event |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **advance** |  | the event |  |  |  |  |  | nom advance «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The person attends for a single moment only and leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e3:o2:1
# text = The person attends for a single moment only and leaves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	attends	attend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attend** | present | the person |  |  |  | moment |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The person informs the host a week afterwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e3:o3:1
# text = The person informs the host a week afterwards
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	informs	inform	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present | the person | the host |  |  | week | afterwards *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent host=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The person fails to attend without any notice at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e3:o4:1
# text = The person fails to attend without any notice at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fails	fail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | present | the person |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **attend** | to-infinitive | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | without any notice; at all | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at all=Theme |

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