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# Test 7 · ★★ · Promises to friends and to yourself

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promised to be kind to the new boy, then everyone laughed at him and you joined in. Best move now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** everyone, you · **What happens:** promise, be, laugh, join in

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* promised to be kind to the new boy, then everyone laughed at him and you joined in.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t7:1
# text = promised to be kind to the new boy, then everyone laughed at him and you joined in.
1	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
12	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to the new boy; kind *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **laugh** | past | everyone |  |  |  | then | at boy | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **join in** | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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:* Best move now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t7:2
# text = Best move now?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Avoid him so it's not awkward at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t7:o1:1
# text = Avoid him so it's not awkward at school
1	Avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	awkward	awkward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent he=Location |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | it |  |  | school |  | awkward *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Join in the laughing again so you fit in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t7:o2:1
# text = Join in the laughing again so you fit in
1	Join	Join	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  |  | again |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fit in** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Say sorry to him and play with him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t7:o3:1
# text = Say sorry to him and play with him
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with him *= he* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Say you were only laughing at the joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t7:o4:1
# text = Say you were only laughing at the joke
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **laugh** | past · progressive | you |  |  | the joke |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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