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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."

nsubjccconjcaseoblfixedcaseoblpunctcasecompoundnsubjconjpunctpunctnsubjauxccompcasecaseoblpunctconjpunctdiscoursepunctpunctrootMumNOUNandCCONJDadPROPNshoutedVERBatADPeachDETotherADJonADPTuesdayPROPN;PUNCTbyADPWednesdayPROPNDadNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTIPRONwasAUXbangVERBoutADPofADPorderNOUN,PUNCTloveNOUN,PUNCTsorryINTJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MummumNOUNNumber=Sing4 shoutednsubj
2andandCCONJ_3 Dadcc
3DadDadPROPNNumber=Sing1 Mumconj
4shoutedshoutVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5atatADP_6 eachcase
6eacheachDETExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp4 shoutedobl
7otherotherADJDegree=Pos6 eachfixed
8ononADP_9 Tuesdaycase
9TuesdayTuesdayPROPNNumber=Sing4 shoutedobl
10;;PUNCT_14 sayspunct
11bybyADP_12 Wednesdaycase
12WednesdayWednesdayPROPNNumber=Sing13 Dadcompound
13DaddadNOUNNumber=Sing14 saysnsubj
14sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 shoutedconj
15,,PUNCT_19 bangpunct
16""PUNCT_19 bangpunct
17IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs19 bangnsubj
18wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 bangaux
19bangbangVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 saysccomp
20outoutADP_22 ordercase
21ofofADP_22 ordercase
22orderorderNOUNNumber=Sing19 bangobl
23,,PUNCT_24 lovepunct
24loveloveNOUNNumber=Sing22 orderconj
25,,PUNCT_26 sorrypunct
26sorrysorryINTJ_19 bangdiscourse
27..PUNCT_26 sorrypunct
28""PUNCT_19 bangpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1shout speech: expresspastMum and Dadeachtuesdayvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2say speech: assertpresentWednesday Dadvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3bang out in a quotepast · progressiveWednesday Dad = dadorder and lovevn 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?

nsubjpunctrootWhatPRONhappenedVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int2 happenednsubj
2happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3??PUNCT_2 happenedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpastvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

They argued and then made up

nsubjccadvmodccompcompound:prtrootTheyPRONarguedVERBandCCONJthenADVmadeVERBupADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 arguednsubj
2arguedargueVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3andandCCONJ_5 madecc
4thenthenADVPronType=Dem5 madeadvmod
5mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 arguedccomp
6upupADP_5 madecompound:prt
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1argue speech: disagreepastTheyvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2make upparticiplethenvn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They are still angry and won't talk

nsubjcopadvmodccauxadvmodconjrootTheyPRONareAUXstillADVangryADJandCCONJwoAUXn'tPARTtalkVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 angrynsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 angrycop
3stillstillADV_4 angryadvmod
4angryangryADJDegree=Posrootroot
5andandCCONJ_8 talkcc
6wowillAUXVerbForm=Fin8 talkaux
7n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 talkadvmod
8talktalkVERBVerbForm=Inf4 angryconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentTheystillangry propertytree rules
2not talkfutureThey not said herevn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Dad is apologising to the children

nsubjauxcasedetoblrootDadNOUNisAUXapologisingVERBtoADPtheDETchildrenNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DaddadNOUNNumber=Sing3 apologisingnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 apologisingaux
3apologisingapologiseVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4totoADP_6 childrencase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 childrendet
6childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur3 apologisingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1apologise speech: apologizepresent · progressiveDadto the childrentree rules

Option 4

Mum is the one who said sorry

nsubjcopdetnsubjacl:relclxcomprootMumNOUNisAUXtheDEToneNOUNwhoPRONsaidVERBsorryADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MummumNOUNNumber=Sing4 onensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 onecop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 onedet
4oneoneNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5whowhoPRONPronType=Rel6 saidnsubj
6saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 oneacl:relcl
7sorrysorryADJDegree=Pos6 saidxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentMumthe onetree rules
2say speech: apologizepastthe onesorry propertyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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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