Test 2 · ★★ · Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»
Mum and Dad shouted at each other on Tuesday; by Wednesday Dad says, "I was bang out of order, love, sorry." What happened?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, Wednesday Dad · What happens: shout, say, bang out, happen · To what, where: each, order · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 37 «Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»» of the adult life 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Mum and Dad shouted at each other on Tuesday; by Wednesday Dad says, "I was bang out of order, love, sorry."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shouted | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Dad | cc |
| 3 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | conj |
| 4 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 each | case |
| 6 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 4 shouted | obl |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 each | fixed |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 Tuesday | case |
| 9 | Tuesday | Tuesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 shouted | obl |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 says | punct |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 Wednesday | case |
| 12 | Wednesday | Wednesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Dad | compound |
| 13 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 says | nsubj |
| 14 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 shouted | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 bang | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 bang | punct |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 bang | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 bang | aux |
| 19 | bang | bang | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 says | ccomp |
| 20 | out | out | ADP | _ | 22 order | case |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 order | case |
| 22 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 bang | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 love | punct |
| 24 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 order | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 sorry | punct |
| 26 | sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 19 bang | discourse |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 sorry | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 bang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | past | Mum and Dad | each | tuesday | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Wednesday Dad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | bang out in a quote | past · progressive | Wednesday Dad = dad | order and love | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location order=Theme |
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: What happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
They argued and then made up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 argued | nsubj |
| 2 | argued | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 made | cc |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 made | advmod |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 argued | ccomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 made | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | argue speech: disagree | past | They | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make up | participle | then | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
They are still angry and won't talk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 angry | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 angry | cop |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 angry | advmod |
| 4 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 talk | cc |
| 6 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 talk | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 talk | advmod |
| 8 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 angry | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | still | angry property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not talk | future | They not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Dad is apologising to the children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 apologising | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 apologising | aux |
| 3 | apologising | apologise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 children | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 children | det |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 apologising | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apologise speech: apologize | present · progressive | Dad | to the children | tree rules |
Option 4
Mum is the one who said sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 one | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 one | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 one | det |
| 4 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 one | acl:relcl |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 said | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Mum | the one | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | past | the one | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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