--- title: Jamie's friend begs, "Promise, swear on your life." Jamie promised.… — Good secrets and bad secrets · tree and pragmatics description: Jamie's friend begs, "Promise, swear on your life." Jamie promised. What wins? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 87 «Good secrets and bad secrets» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Good secrets and bad secrets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Good secrets and bad secrets Jamie's friend begs, "Promise, swear on your life." Jamie promised. What wins? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, Jamie · **What happens:** beg, swear, promise, win · **To what, where:** Promise, life · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 87 «Good secrets and bad secrets» 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/87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jamie's friend begs, "Promise, swear on your life." ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets:t10:1 # text = Jamie's friend begs, "Promise, swear on your life." 1 Jamie Jamie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begs beg VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 swear swear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | Jamie's friend | Promise | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent promise=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **swear** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | your life | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Jamie promised. ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets:t10:2 # text = Jamie promised. 1 Jamie Jamie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | Jamie | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What wins? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets:t10:3 # text = What wins? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | present | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Jamie should ask other kids what to do ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets:t10:o1:1 # text = Jamie should ask other kids what to do 1 Jamie Jamie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | should | Jamie | | other kids | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} The promise wins, so Jamie must say nothing, because he swore on his life ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets:t10:o2:1 # text = The promise wins, so Jamie must say nothing, because he swore on his life 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 Jamie Jamie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 because because SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | present | the promise | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | must | Jamie | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 3 | **swear** | past | Jamie | | | Jamie's life | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The friend's safety wins over the promise; tell a trusted adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets:t10:o3:1 # text = The friend's safety wins over the promise; tell a trusted adult 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | present | the friend's safety | | | the promise | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | a trusted adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 3 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Jamie should tell the friend's mum's boyfriend ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:87-good-secrets-and-bad-secrets:t10:o4:1 # text = Jamie should tell the friend's mum's boyfriend 1 Jamie Jamie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 boyfriend boyfriend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should | Jamie | | the friend's mum's boyfriend | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boyfriend=Recipient | **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. 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