Test 2 · ★ · Leaving someone out
Kai: «I said sorry for teasing last month, so laughing at her answer doesn't count». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kai, laughing · What happens: say, tease, laugh, not count, answer, be · To what, where: answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 347 «Leaving someone out» 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: Kai: «I said sorry for teasing last month, so laughing at her answer doesn't count».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kai | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 said | xcomp |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 teasing | mark |
| 8 | teasing | tease | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 said | advcl |
| 9 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 month | amod |
| 10 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 teasing | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 count | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 count | advmod |
| 13 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 count | csubj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 answer | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 answer | nmod:poss |
| 16 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 laughing | obl |
| 17 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 count | aux |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 count | advmod |
| 19 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | parataxis |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 count | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize in a quote | past | Kai | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | tease in a quote | gerund | Kai not said here | month | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | laugh in a quote | gerund | Kai's answer | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | not count in a quote | present · do-support | laughing | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | answer in a quote | Kai | nom answer «communication transitive»: 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: What's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It doesn't count after one sorry, the first covers it
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 count | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 count | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 count | advmod |
| 4 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 sorry | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 sorry | nummod |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 count | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 covers | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 first | det |
| 10 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 covers | nsubj |
| 11 | covers | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 count | parataxis |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 covers | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | present · do-support | It | after one sorry | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | cover | present | the first | sorry | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It's a new slip and still needs a sorry
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 | 5 slip | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 slip | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 slip | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 slip | amod |
| 5 | slip | slip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 needs | cc |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 needs | advmod |
| 8 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 slip | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 sorry | det |
| 10 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a new slip | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | a sorry | still | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sorry=Theme |
Option 3
She should toughen up
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 | 3 toughen | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 toughen | aux |
| 3 | toughen | toughen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 toughen | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | toughen up | should | She | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Laughing at answers is fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 fine | csubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 answers | case |
| 3 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Laughing | obl |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fine | cop |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | gerund | answers | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Laughing | fine property | tree rules |
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