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description: State the consequence that most commonly follows the breaking of a promise to save money. Exam question 4 of lesson 359 «Promises to friends and to yourself» 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
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# Exam question 4 · Promises to friends and to yourself

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State the consequence that most commonly follows the breaking of a promise to save money.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, most · **What happens:** state, follow, save · **To what, where:** consequence, breaking, money

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 359 «Promises to friends and to yourself» 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/359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:e4:1
# text = State the consequence that most commonly follows the breaking of a promise to save money.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
6	commonly	commonly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	breaking	breaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
15	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **follow** | present | most | the breaking of a promise |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breaking=Theme |
| 3 | **save** | to-infinitive | most *not said here* | money |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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The person forgoes the item for which the money was saved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:e4:o1:1
# text = The person forgoes the item for which the money was saved
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forgoes	forgo	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	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgo** | present | the person | the item |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent item=Location |
| 2 | **save** | past · passive |  | the money |  |  |  | for the item | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme for which=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The person receives the item regardless, as savings are not required

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:e4:o2:1
# text = The person receives the item regardless, as savings are not required
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	receives	receive	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	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	regardless	regardless	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | present | the person | the item |  |  |  | regardless *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **require** | present · passive |  | savings |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The person is fined by a bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:e4:o3:1
# text = The person is fined by a bank
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	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	fined	fine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fine** | present · passive | a bank | the person |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No consequence follows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:e4:o4:1
# text = No consequence follows
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | no consequence |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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