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title: «I told everyone Sara's secret but she made me promise, so technical… — Promises to family · tree and pragmatics
description: «I told everyone Sara's secret but she made me promise, so technically…». What's true? Test 4 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Promises to family

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«I told everyone Sara's secret but she made me promise, so technically…». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, Sara, me · **What happens:** tell, make, promise, be · **To what, where:** secret, everyone, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 358 «Promises to family» 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/358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I told everyone Sara's secret but she made me promise, so technically…».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t4:1
# text = «I told everyone Sara's secret but she made me promise, so technically…».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
5	Sara	Sara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	promise	promise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	technically	technically	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	…	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | I | Sara's secret | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient secret=Topic |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | past | Sara | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | infinitive | me *not said here* |  |  |  |  | technically *property* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=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's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t4:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Breaking the promise hurt her; say sorry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t4:o1:1
# text = Breaking the promise hurt her; say sorry
1	Breaking	break	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | gerund |  | the promise |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient |
| 2 | **hurt** | past | Breaking | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | Breaking *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Promises only really count if you write them down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t4:o2:1
# text = Promises only really count if you write them down
1	Promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	write	write	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | Promises |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **write down** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | Promises *= promise* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Technically it's fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t4:o3:1
# text = Technically it's fine
1	Technically	technically	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	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 |  |  |  |  |  | fine, technically *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Secrets are made to share

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t4:o4:1
# text = Secrets are made to share
1	Secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Secrets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** | to-infinitive | Secrets *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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