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title: Your mate says, "Promises to little brothers don't count, he's only… — Keeping promises · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate says, "Promises to little brothers don't count, he's only six." What is the best reply? Test 1 of lesson 86 «Keeping promises» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 1 · Keeping promises

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Your mate says, "Promises to little brothers don't count, he's only six." What is the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, Promises, best reply · **What happens:** say, not count, be · **To what, where:** six · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 86 «Keeping promises» 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/86-keeping-promises/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate says, "Promises to little brothers don't count, he's only six."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:86-keeping-promises:t1:1
# text = Your mate says, "Promises to little brothers don't count, he's only six."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	only	only	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **count** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Promises to little brothers |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | mate | six |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 the best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:86-keeping-promises:t1:2
# text = What is the best reply?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	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 best reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Promises to brothers count only on birthdays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:86-keeping-promises:t1:o1:1
# text = Promises to brothers count only on birthdays
1	Promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | Promises to brothers | birthdays |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They count the same; he's counting on you, maybe even more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:86-keeping-promises:t1:o2:1
# text = They count the same; he's counting on you, maybe even more
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | They | the same |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Theme |
| 2 | **count** | present · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | on you | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on you=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Little kids forget, so you can always break them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:86-keeping-promises:t1:o3:1
# text = Little kids forget, so you can always break them
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | Little kids |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | can | you | kids *= kid* |  |  |  | always *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He's right, promises only count with friends who are your own age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:86-keeping-promises:t1:o4:1
# text = He's right, promises only count with friends who are your own age
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | present | right promises |  |  |  |  | with friends | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** | present | friends | your own age |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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