Exam question 3 · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry

It is given that another person has apologised to you. Identify the recommended response.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, apologise, identify, recommend · To what, where: It, person, you, recommended response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that another person has apologised to you.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 apologised	mark
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 apologised	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 apologised	aux
8	apologised	apologise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 you	case
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 apologised	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	apologise speech: apologize	present · perfect · passive		another person	you				tree rules

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: Identify the recommended response.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 response	det
3	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 response	amod
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the recommended response					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	recommend	participle							vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"That's okay" or "Thank you for saying sorry", and forgive

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 okay	punct
2	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 okay	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 okay	cop
4	okay	okay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 okay	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 Thank	cc
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Thank	punct
8	Thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 okay	conj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 Thank	obj
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 saying	mark
11	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 Thank	advcl
12	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 saying	xcomp
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Thank	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 forgive	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 forgive	cc
16	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 okay	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	That		okay property	tree rules
2	thank speech: thank in a quote	present	That not said here	you		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	say speech: apologize in a quote	gerund	That not said here		sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	forgive	infinitive	That not said here			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Ignore the apology until the next day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 apology	det
3	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignore	obj
4	until	until	ADP	_	7 day	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	the apology			day		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apology=Theme

Option 3

Demand a second and longer apology at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Demand	demand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 second	det
3	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Demand	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 apology	cc
5	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 apology	amod
6	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 second	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Demand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	imperative	you not said here				second		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Reply that the matter can never be forgiven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reply	reply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 forgiven	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forgiven	nsubj:pass
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 forgiven	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 forgiven	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 forgiven	aux:pass
8	forgiven	forgive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Reply	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not forgive	can · passive		the matter					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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