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description: «We plant sunflowers for babusya every summer, she was mad about them,» says Taras in Toronto. What is this? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

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«We plant sunflowers for babusya every summer, she was mad about them,» says Taras in Toronto. What is this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** We, she, Taras, this · **What happens:** plant, be, say · **To what, where:** sunflowers, Toronto · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «We plant sunflowers for babusya every summer, she was mad about them,» says Taras in Toronto.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t10:1
# text = «We plant sunflowers for babusya every summer, she was mad about them,» says Taras in Toronto.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	plant	plant	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
4	sunflowers	sunflower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	babusya	babusya	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
17	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	Taras	Taras	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** *in a quote* | present | We | sunflowers |  |  | summer | for babusya | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sunflower=Patient |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | she |  |  |  |  | about sunflowers *= sunflower*; mad *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Taras |  |  | Toronto |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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 is this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t10:2
# text = What is this?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A clever way of selling seeds to neighbours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t10:o1:1
# text = A clever way of selling seeds to neighbours
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund | a clever way *not said here* | seeds | neighbours |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent seed=Theme to neighbour=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A sign that she is coming back one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t10:o2:1
# text = A sign that she is coming back one day
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | present · progressive | she | a sign *not said here* |  |  | day |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sign=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A creative way of remembering her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t10:o3:1
# text = A creative way of remembering her
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	creative	creative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	remembering	remember	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | gerund | a creative way *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A Ukrainian law about growing sunflowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t10:o4:1
# text = A Ukrainian law about growing sunflowers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	sunflowers	sunflower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | gerund | a Ukrainian law *not said here* | sunflowers |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sunflower=Theme |

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