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title: «said i'd wait for Lily but my show's on, she'll be fine». What's th… — Promises to friends and to yourself · tree and pragmatics
description: «said i'd wait for Lily but my show's on, she'll be fine». What's the wise choice? Test 1 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Promises to friends and to yourself

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«said i'd wait for Lily but my show's on, she'll be fine». What's the wise choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i, show, Lily, my, wise choice · **What happens:** say, wait, be, show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 359 «Promises to friends and to yourself» 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/359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «said i'd wait for Lily but my show's on, she'll be fine».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t1:1
# text = «said i'd wait for Lily but my show's on, she'll be fine».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	on	on	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
17	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wait** *in a quote* | would | i |  |  |  |  | for Lily | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my show |  |  |  |  | on *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | future | Lily |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **show** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom show «act transitive»: 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's the wise choice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t1:2
# text = What's the wise choice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wise choice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Wait for her as promised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t1:o1:1
# text = Wait for her as promised
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tell her to run home fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t1:o2:1
# text = Tell her to run home fast
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **run** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast, home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Run home and text her from there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t1:o3:1
# text = Run home and text her from there
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	text	text	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **text** | past | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Leave her a note at the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t1:o4:1
# text = Leave her a note at the gate
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  | the gate |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Theme note=Attribute |

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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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