Test 6 · ★ · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry
Someone says "I'm sorry I took your seat." Which answer helps the friendship go on?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Someone, answer, friendship · What happens: say, be, take, help, go on · To what, where: seat, friendship · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Someone says "I'm sorry I took your seat."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 sorry | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 sorry | nsubj |
| 5 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sorry | cop |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 took | nsubj |
| 8 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 sorry | ccomp |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 seat | nmod:poss |
| 10 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 sorry | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 sorry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Someone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Someone | sorry property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | take in a quote | past | Someone | your seat | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=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: Which answer helps the friendship go on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 answer | det |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 helps | nsubj |
| 3 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 friendship | det |
| 5 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 helps | obj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 helps | xcomp |
| 7 | on | on | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | which answer | the friendship | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent friendship=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go on | infinitive | the friendship not said here | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Turning your back without answering so they know how upset you are
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turning | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 know | csubj |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 back | nmod:poss |
| 3 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turning | obj |
| 4 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 5 answering | mark |
| 5 | answering | answer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Turning | advcl |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 know | advmod |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 know | nsubj |
| 8 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 upset | advmod |
| 10 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 know | ccomp |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 upset | nsubj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 upset | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | gerund | your back | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme | |||||
| 2 | answer speech: assert | gerund | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | know | present | they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is | present | you | upset property | tree rules |
Option 2
"You always do that, go away"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 do | advmod |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 go | aux |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 do | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 go | advmod |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go away in a quote | present · do-support | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
"Thank you for saying sorry, that's okay"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Thank | punct |
| 2 | Thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 Thank | obj |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 saying | mark |
| 5 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 Thank | advcl |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 saying | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 okay | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 okay | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 okay | cop |
| 10 | okay | okay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Thank | conj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Thank | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank in a quote | present | you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize in a quote | gerund | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | that | okay property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
"I will tell the teacher anyway"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 teacher | det |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obj |
| 7 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 4 tell | advmod |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert in a quote | future | I | the teacher | anyway property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
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