Test 11 · ★ · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry

he said sorry for taking my pen, what now

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: say, take · To what, where: pen · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	xcomp
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 taking	mark
5	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 said	advcl
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 pen	nmod:poss
7	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taking	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 what	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 said	parataxis
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 what	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	past	he					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	take	gerund	he not said here	my pen					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=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.

The options

Option 1

Make him say it again in front of everyone so the whole class hears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Make	obj
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Make	xcomp
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 say	obj
5	again	again	ADV	_	3 say	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 front	case
7	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 everyone	case
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 front	nmod
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 hears	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 class	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 class	amod
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hears	nsubj
14	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Make	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	him = he			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	him = he not said here	it	front of everyone	again	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme in front=Manner
3	hear	present	the whole class				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Take his pen back to be even

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 pen	nmod:poss
3	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	1 Take	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 be	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	1 Take	advcl
7	even	even	ADV	_	6 be	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take back	imperative	you not said here	his pen					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Say that's okay or thanks for saying sorry, and try to forgive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
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	1 Say	ccomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 thanks	cc
6	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 okay	conj
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 saying	mark
8	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 thanks	acl
9	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 saying	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 try	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 try	cc
12	try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	parataxis
13	to	to	PART	_	14 forgive	mark
14	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 try	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	that	okay property	tree rules
3	say speech: apologize	gerund	thanks not said here	sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	try	infinitive			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	forgive not said to happen	to-infinitive			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Ignore him for a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 week	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 week	det
5	week	week	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	him = he			week		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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