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# Test 7 · ★★ · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

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«Grandad was a right grumpy git, can I say that?» asks Oscar from Bristol. Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, Oscar · **What happens:** be, say, ask · **To what, where:** right grumpy git, that, Bristol · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Grandad was a right grumpy git, can I say that?» asks Oscar from Bristol.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t7:1
# text = «Grandad was a right grumpy git, can I say that?» asks Oscar from Bristol.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	git	git	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
15	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	Oscar	Oscar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Bristol	Bristol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Grandad | a right grumpy git |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | Oscar | that |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Oscar |  |  | Bristol |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: 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:* Best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t7:2
# text = Best answer?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, and say even worse things about him too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, and say even worse things about him too
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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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* | worse things |  |  |  | about him *= he* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Never say anything true about him at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t7:o2:1
# text = Never say anything true about him at all
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | anything |  |  |  | true *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, because the dead were all perfect people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t7:o3:1
# text = No, because the dead were all perfect people
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | dead perfect people |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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You can be honest, but say it kindly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t7:o4:1
# text = You can be honest, but say it kindly
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | You |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | You *not said here* | it |  |  |  | kindly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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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