Test 1 · ★ · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry
A girl in Ohio says "Sorry if you got upset" after she laughed at her friend's drawing. Why is it not a real apology?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, you, friend, drawing · What happens: say, get, laugh, draw, not be · To what, where: drawing, real apology · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» of the everyday 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: A girl in Ohio says "Sorry if you got upset" after she laughed at her friend's drawing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Ohio | case |
| 4 | Ohio | Ohio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 got | punct |
| 7 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 10 got | discourse |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 got | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 got | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | ccomp |
| 11 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 got | xcomp |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 got | punct |
| 13 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 15 laughed | mark |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 laughed | nsubj |
| 15 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 got | advcl |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 drawing | case |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 friend | nmod:poss |
| 18 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 drawing | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 friend | case |
| 20 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 laughed | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a girl in Ohio | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | past | you | upset property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | laugh | past | girl | girl's friend's drawing | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | draw | girl's friend | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=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: Why is it not a real apology?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 apology | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 apology | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 apology | nsubj |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 apology | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 apology | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 apology | amod |
| 7 | apology | apology | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 apology | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | drawing | a real apology | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It does not take responsibility for what she did
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 | 4 take | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 take | advmod |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | responsibility | responsibility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 what | case |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 take | obl |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not take | present · do-support | It | responsibility | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent responsibility=Theme for what=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | do | past | she | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It is too short to count
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 | 4 short | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 short | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 short | advmod |
| 4 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 count | mark |
| 6 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 short | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | short property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | count | to-infinitive | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Real apologies must be said in front of the class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 apologies | amod |
| 2 | apologies | apology | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 said | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | aux:pass |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 front | case |
| 7 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 class | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 class | det |
| 10 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | must · passive | Real apologies | front of the class | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in front=Manner |
Option 4
She should have written it down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 written | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 written | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 written | aux |
| 4 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 written | obj |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 written | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write down | should · perfect | She | it | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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