Test 17 · ★ · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry

Tom said sorry to Ben for the 50th time but keeps kicking him, everyone says Tom's a total psycho, spread it

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom, everyone · What happens: say, keep, kick, be, spread · To what, where: Tom, total psycho, psycho · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	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	to	to	ADP	_	5 Ben	case
5	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sorry	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 time	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
8	50th	50th	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	obl
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 keeps	cc
11	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 spread	advcl
12	kicking	kick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 keeps	xcomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 kicking	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 says	punct
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 says	nsubj
16	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 keeps	parataxis
17	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 psycho	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 psycho	cop
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 psycho	det
20	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 psycho	amod
21	psycho	psycho	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 says	ccomp
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 spread	punct
23	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 said	parataxis
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	past	Tom		time	sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	keep	present					tree rules
3	kick	gerund		Tom			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	say speech: assert	present	everyone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present	Tom	a total psycho			tree rules
6	spread	infinitive		psycho			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=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 · ✓ the right answer

Don't spread name-calling; a real sorry means he stops and puts it right

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 spread	advmod
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 calling	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 name	punct
6	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 spread	advcl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sorry	det
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sorry	amod
10	sorry	sorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 means	nsubj
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	parataxis
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stops	nsubj
13	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 means	ccomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 puts	cc
15	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 means	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 puts	obj
17	right	right	ADV	_	15 puts	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call	gerund	you not said here		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mean	present	a real sorry		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	stop	present	sorry		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	put	present	a real sorry not said here	it	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

Option 2

Spread it, everyone should know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 know	punct
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 know	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 know	aux
6	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Spread	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	know	should	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Saying sorry 50 times makes it all fine, even if the kicking still carries on

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 makes	csubj
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Saying	obj
3	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 times	nummod
4	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Saying	obl:unmarked
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 makes	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 it	det
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 makes	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 carries	punct
10	even	even	ADV	_	15 carries	advmod
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 carries	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 kicking	det
13	kicking	kicking	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carries	nsubj
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 carries	advmod
15	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 makes	conj
16	on	on	ADP	_	15 carries	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		sorry	time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic
2	make	present	Saying	it		fine property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
3	carry on a condition, not said to happen	present	the kicking		still		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Tell Ben he has to forgive the kicking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	iobj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	parataxis
5	to	to	PART	_	6 forgive	mark
6	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 has	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kicking	det
8	kicking	kicking	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forgive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		Ben	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ben=Recipient
2	have	present	Ben			tree rules
3	forgive	to-infinitive	Ben not said here	the kicking		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kicking=Theme

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